The Recent Cases Handled by the Criminal Court of Appeal

The following are the Criminal Court of Appeal handled cases:

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Radical Allies and Moderate Subversives: U.S. Foreign Policy Threatens America's Interests in the Gulf

Just weeks ago, Nabeel Rajab, the "Gandhi of Bahrain," spent his birthday in a prison cell. Originally "jailed for a tweet," Rajab, the renowned president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, now faces up to three years in prison for allegedly inciting violence among protesters against the Bahraini monarchy. Bahrain has been engulfed in turmoil since early 2011 when the US-backed Al-Khalifa regime launched a violent crackdown against the nation's popular non-violent reform movement. The regime ...
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Nabeel Rajabs Appeal Verdict Announced

The High Criminal Court of Appeal has today (Thursday) heard the case of Nabeel Rajab. Mr Rajab's three separate cases of incitement and illegal assembly have been consolidated into one appeal. The next hearing is scheduled for 16 October 2012.

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Bahrain should quash medics' convictions

The convictions of nine health professionals sentenced to prison terms for their role in last year’s pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain must be quashed, Amnesty International has said, responding to a decision earlier today by the country’s Court of Cassation to reject appeals by the doctors and nurses against their convictions.

Read more: http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=20352

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