The Bahrain Court of Cassation upheld life sentences and 15 years in prison against three members of the "Imam Army" who previously filed an appeal to the Criminal Court and the Supreme Court of Appeal.
Chief of Terror Crime Prosecution, Advocate General, Ahmed al-Hammadi said that the Court of Cassation issued its verdict on supporting the sentences of life imprisonment imposed on two of the appellants and supporting the sentence of 15 years imprisonment for one of them.
Initially, the Court issued a ruling in the case on November 3, 2013, sentencing four defendants to life in prison, six defendants to 15 years' imprisonment, and acquitted fourteen of their charges. It also confiscated all material found with the defendants.
Terror Crime Prosecution referred defendants in the case of the “Imam Army” to the courts in light of the investigations and the conclusive evidence that revealed they established a terror group against the laws.
The group includes Bahrainis from inside and outside the country, as well foreigners. It has planned targets including security forces and military and security sites aiming to destabilize the country and threaten its security.
The group attended training camps run by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) inside Iran and others operated by Iraq’s Hezbollah to manufacture and use explosives and firearms in their terrorist and hostile activities.
