52. 因此，据称，巴林当局未能援引令人满意的法律依据来证明逮捕或剥夺被告的自由是正当的，未能遵守《公民及政治权利国际公约》第十四条和《世界人权宣言》第十条所载的与公正审判权有关的国际规范和保障。来文方补充指出，鉴于在五个案上违反包括正当程序和公正审判权在内的国际规范的情况广泛普遍存在，所有案件都属于第一类和第三类。因此，对五名被告的拘留涉嫌具有任意性，违反了《公民及政治权利国际公约》第九条和第十四条。
52. The Bahraini authorities have thus reportedly failed to invoke a satisfactory legal basis to justify the defendants’ arrest or deprivation of liberty and observe the international norms and guarantees relating to the right to a fair trial enshrined in article 14 of the Covenant and article 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The source adds that because this violation of international norms, including due process and fair trial rights, is extensive and widespread across the five individual cases, all cases fall under categories I and III. The detention of the five defendants is thus allegedly arbitrary and in violation of articles 9 and 14 of the Covenant.