Bahrain: two-year prison sentence for human rights activist Nabeel Rajab condemned

Amnesty International

‘Imprisoning Nabeel Rajab simply for sharing his opinion is a flagrant violation of human rights’ – Salil Shetty 

The sentencing of the Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to two years in prison for criticising Bahrain in several TV interviews is the latest shocking display of zero tolerance for freedom of expression by the Bahraini authorities, Amnesty International said today.

Activist Nabeel Rajab has been in and out of prison during much of the past five years.

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