Bahrains Military Court of Cassation on Monday examined appeals submitted by convicts earlier on different charges including formation of a terrorist cell and committing several terrorist crimes. The military appellate court adjourned on the terrorist cell case 1/2017 to April 11 to allow the defense attorneys to present their oral appeals against the High Military Appeals Court ruling, issued on December 25, 2017, in the sentence pertaining to the execution of six convicts including a recruiter in what was known as Army Chief assassination attempt. The court also convicted seven others to seven years in prison. All 13 convicts were stripped from their Bahraini nationality. In the case of the 13 persons, 10 persons were present for trial, five of which were acquitted. Bahraini security forces continue to hunt down 8 members of the cell who fled inside and outside Bahrain to Iran and Iraq. Bahrain has granted military judiciary the jurisdiction over cases linked to terrorist acts targeting the defense force, its personnel and property or crimes against state security. Manama also extended the authority of the military judiciary to include investigation and sentencing in cases of terrorism given that they are organized acts of war and supported by terrorist organizations and regional states to destabilize the security of Bahrain and the Gulf region. Verdicts delivered by Bahrain’s military court of cassation, the military establishment’s highest appellate court, are final and cannot be challenged. Representatives of human rights organisations, media channels and defendants’ relatives, also attended the court session.