Bahrain Re-Sentences Terrorist Suspect to Death

Bahrain police cordon off and investigate the scene where a police officer was killed just outside the Molotov-scarred police station in the village of Damistan, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Bahrain police cordon off and investigate the scene where a police officer was killed just outside the Molotov-scarred police station in the village of Damistan, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
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Bahrain Re-Sentences Terrorist Suspect to Death

Bahrain police cordon off and investigate the scene where a police officer was killed just outside the Molotov-scarred police station in the village of Damistan, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)
Bahrain police cordon off and investigate the scene where a police officer was killed just outside the Molotov-scarred police station in the village of Damistan, Bahrain, Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

A Bahraini court re-sentenced to death a defendant charged with killing a security officer after a Cassation Court had annulled the ruling.

In an unprecedented move on Thursday, the Fourth High Criminal Court sentenced in a re-trial the defendant to death for establishing and joining a terror group and killing an on-duty police officer and a civilian.

On October 22, the Cassation Court overturned the death sentences it had upheld in 2015 against two Bahraini defendants and returned their cases to the Appeals Court for trial.

The two suspects had been convicted on Dec. 24, 2014 for the murder of a policeman in a terrorist attack in Al-Dair District.

The policeman was killed while on duty southwest of the Bahraini capital Manama, in the village of Damistan.

Bahrain’s news agency quoted on Thursday the head of the anti-terror crime prosecution, Ahmad Al Hammadi, as saying that the defendant’s charges included carrying out an explosion, the possession of explosives and weapons for terrorist purposes, raising funds for a terror group, illegal rallying and rioting.

The court also ruled to revoke his citizenship, he said.

The case involving 23 defendants had been reviewed by a court that sentenced one of them to death and the others to life in jail.

The court also revoked their citizenship and ordered two defendants to pay up to BD200,000.

The ruling was approved at the next stage by the Court of Appeals.

In the death penalty ruling, and in accordance with Bahrain's laws, the case was referred to the Cassation Court and the judges decided to send it back to the High Criminal Court that issued its verdict.



MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution

MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution
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MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution

MWL Welcomes UN Co-Chairs' Statement on Palestinian Question and Two-State Solution

The Muslim World League (MWL) welcomed the statement issued by the Co-Chairs of the United Nations High-Level International Conference on the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution, represented by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the French Republic.
In a statement from the League’s General Secretariat, MWL Secretary-General and Chairman of the Organization of Muslim Scholars Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa reaffirmed the League and the Islamic world’s appreciation for the pivotal and significant momentum generated by the international coalition, led by Saudi Arabia, to implement the two-state solution.

He noted that this conference was one of the important outcomes of these efforts, alongside the coalition’s remarkable diplomatic achievements in a short time, which have pushed the international community toward a legitimate and responsible stance aligned with the legal and human rights of the Palestinian people, SPA reported.

Dr. Al-Issa also expressed regret over the ongoing escalation and recent developments in the region that led to the suspension of this historic conference, which had been widely anticipated as a step toward a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian question, the implementation of the two-state solution, and an end to the prolonged suffering of the Palestinian people and the humanitarian tragedy facing civilians in Gaza.

He praised the statement’s reaffirmation of unwavering support for all efforts aimed at ending the war in Gaza and achieving a just and sustainable resolution to the Palestinian question through the implementation of the two-state solution.