Bahrain’s High Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced 139 terror suspects to prison terms ranging from three years to life in prison. The court also revoked the citizenship of all but one of those convicted. Bahrain’s state news agency reported that the 139 people convicted were part of a network organized and trained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard [...]
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Bahrain top court upholds life sentence of Shiite opposition leader
Bahrain’s highest court on Monday upheld a life sentence for Shiite opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman for spying for neighboring country Qatar. According to Amnesty International, the case is based on conversations that Salman had in 2011 with the former Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, SSheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber [...]
UN rights experts urge end to human rights abuses in Bahrain
A group of independent UN human rights experts called upon Bahrain to end human rights violations and investigate events surrounding the State of National Safety declared in 2011. The experts warned against military courts exercising jurisdiction over civilians and discrimination based on gender, gender identity and ethnicity. The report called for abolishment of the death penalty and [...]
Qatar brings UAE before International Court of Justice over racial discrimination
Qatar filed an Application Instituting Proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Monday, accusing the UAE of discriminating against Qataris in violation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) . Qatar accuses the UAE of, among other things, “prohibit by [...]
Bahrain rights activist loses appeal of conviction over Tweets
A Bahrain court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to five years in February over Tweets critical of the Bahraini government. Rajab is the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights . He was convicted over Tweets about Bahraini prison torture and civilians casualties from [...]
UN rights expert calls for retrial of four men sentenced to death in Bahrain
UN human rights experts called for a retrial on Monday following flawed trial procedure and due process violations in the conviction of four men sentenced to death in the Bahraini High Military Court in December. The four men,...
A federal judge in the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday partially granted President Donald Trump's motions to dismiss an emoluments challenge , allowing the remainder of the claims to proceed....
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court...
Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized a Bahrain court for sentencing human rights activist and president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison...
UK rights groups demand cancellation of Saudi Crown Prince's visit
A coalition of human rights groups, including the Arab Organisation for Human Rights in the UK (AOHR UK), Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign Against Arms Trade and Human Rights for Yemen, sent a letter to Prime Minister...