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Royal support for independence

Manama - Emirates Voice

His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa took pride in Bahrain’s long judicial experience, stressing keenness to support the independence of the judiciary and its qualified cadres to enable them to play their vital role in promoting principles of justice and equality and protecting freedoms and rights of citizens and residents alike. This came as HM the King todayRead more

Jail terms increased from 3 to 5 years for sex workers

DUBAI - Arab Today

Two women, who lured their three countrywomen with bogus job offers and coerced them into prostitution, have had their three-year jail terms increased to five years on Wednesday. The Moroccan women, aged 22 and 39, tricked their compatriots, aged between 20 and 27, and made them sign security cheques against promises of getting them hired at a salon and aRead more

Poll: Kuwait’s top court bars 21 candidates

Manama- Arab Today

Kuwait’s Cassation Court, the country’s top court, has turned down challenges by 21 candidates who had been barred from contesting in the parliamentary elections on November 26. The ruling on Monday dashed the last hopes of the candidates to seek seats in the next legislative term. They were among 47 people whose candidacies were refused by the electoral committee taskedRead more

Appeals court upholds death sentence in Obaida murder case

Dubai - Arab Today

The Dubai Appeals Court on Sunday upheld a capital punishment against Nidal Eisa Abdullah, who kidnapped, raped and killed eight-year-old Jordanian boy Obaida Sedqi. A crowd present in the court shouted ‘Allah take your soul’ after announcement of the verdict by the Dubai Appeal Court’s presiding judge Eisa Al Sharif At 10,35am in the courtroom 20, the judge announced thatRead more

Kuwait’s top court bars 21 candidates

Manama - Arab Today

Court annuls verdict against Morsi nephew, orders retrial

Cairo - Arab Today

The Court of Cassation decided during a session Tuesday under counselor Adel El Kinany, the vice president of the court, to annul a previous ruling by the criminal court on sentencing 9 defendants including the nephew of ousted president Mohamed Morsi to 5 years in prison over the storming of a building at Zagazig university after the June 30 revolution.Read more

Ex-Lebanese Minister Michel Samaha Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison with Hard Labor

Beirut - Arab Today

Lebanon's Military Tribunal on Friday sentenced former Information Minister Michel Samaha to 13 years in prison with hard labor , in the final verdict of his terror retrial. In a decision handed down by the Military Court of Cassation, headed by Judge Toni Lattouf, Samaha has also been stripped of his civil rights, meaning he can no longer vote orRead more

Cassation court upholds rulings jailing 59 muslim brotherhood elements for 15 years

Cairo - Arab Today

The Court of Cassation issued a final ruling during a session on Wednesday sentencing 59 elements of the terrorist Muslim Brotherhood to 15 years in prison over committing acts of violence in Azbakia district in Cairo in 2013. The court also ruled that prison sentences on five convicts be reduced from 10 years to 3. The prosecution had accused theRead more