Press TV - The United Nations human rights office has condemned the latest verdict on Nabeel Rajab as "continued suppression of government critics," urging Bahrain to release the prominent human rights activist. The Court of Cassation, whose verdicts are final, on December 31 rejected Rajabs appeal and upheld his prison sentence over tweets deemed ...

Press TV - Bahrain's high court has upheld a five-year jail term against prominent human rightsactivist Nabeel Rajab despite calls from rights groupsto release him. On February 21, a court in Bahrain sentenced the distinguished human rights activist to five years in prison over tweets deemed critical of the Manama regime and the deadly Saudi-led ...

Press TV- A Bahrainihuman rights activist has expressed concern over the deteriorating health condition of prominent opposition figure and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab, saying he has been denied proper medical treatment. Zainab al-Khamees, a member of theBahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS), wrote in a Twitter post on Saturday that even ...

Press TV- Bahrain has sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison over tweets deemed critical of the Manama regime and the deadly Saudi-led war against Yemen. Speaking on condition of anonymity, a judicial source told AFP on Wednesday that Rajab was found guilty of spreading false rumors and insulting a neighboring ...

Press TV- Amnesty international has launched an online campaign in solidarity with prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been behind bars over his criticism of the ruling Al Khalifah family, urging Manama to immediatelyand unconditionally release him. Through its online campaign, the London-based non-governmental organization ...

Press TV - At least thirteen rights group have condemned Britains awkward silence on the situation of prominent Bahraini human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab,who has been kept behind bars over his criticism of the ruling Al Khalifah regime and the Wahhabi ideology, calling on London to take up a condemnatory stance. It ...

Press TV - The United Nations (UN)s human rights office has urged Bahrain to unconditionally and immediately release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, whom Manama has sentenced to two years in prison. We note that Mr. Rajab has been in detention since June 2016. We call on the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release him,...

Press TV - A Bahraini court has sentenced prominent human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab to two years in jail as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its heavy-handed crackdown on opposition figures in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom. The head of the Northern Governorate's Public Prosecution, Mohamed Salah,...

Press TV - An American human rights organizationhas called on the US State Department to pressure Bahrain to immediately and unconditionally releaseprominent human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab,who has been kept behind bars over his criticism of the ruling Al Khalifah regime and the Wahhabi ideology. Brian Dooley,...

Press TV - The chairman of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) has raised the alarm over the health conditionof the prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner, Nabeel Rajab, urging his immediate release. The President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, has been held in pre-trial detention for ...

Press TV - Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has slammed the US government for arms sales to the Manama regime and Saudi Arabia. The jailed activist made the remarks in an op-ed article published in The New York Timeson Wednesday ahead of a scheduled visit by US President Donald Trump to Riyadh for a regional summit. The ...

Press TV - The United Nations Committee against Torture has called on the Bahraini regime to release the countrys prominent human rights activist and pro-democracy campaigner Nabeel Rajab,and open an investigation into widespread reports of ill-treatment and torture of detainees. The UNpanel, composed of 10 independent experts, asked Bahraini ...

Press TV - Prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab has been rushed to hospital due to complications following a surgery. According to the Bahrain Mirror on Sunday, Rajab had been sent to solitary confinement just two days after being operated on. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights has noted that the activist was not even ...

Press TV - A Bahraini court has postponed until May 17 the trial of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been behind bars for criticizing the Al Khalifah regimes involvement in the Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen. Bahrain's Supreme Criminal Court, presidedover by JudgeIbrahim al-Zayed, took the decision against Rajab,...

Press TV- Prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab will remain in jail despite a ruling ordering his release on bail pending a trial next month. Bahrains prosecution office said on Wednesday that the human rights activist will remain in prison because he still faces other charges in a different case. "He will remain in jail ...

Press TV- The United Nations has called on Bahraini regime to immediately and unconditionally release the countrys prominent human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab, after Manama grilled the imprisoned activist over criticizing the government and the Wahhabi ideology. We are seriously concerned about the ongoing prosecution of Nabeel Rajab, said Liz ...

Press TV- Bahraini regime authorities have put imprisoned prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab through the mill over criticizing oil-rich Persian Gulf monarchies for spreading "extremism" in an article published in French daily Le Monde. On Thursday, Bahraini officials interrogated the 52-year-old president of the Bahrain ...

Press TV- Prominent Bahraini human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab has been taken to hospital from prison due to heart problems after being held in solitary confinement for three months. In a post on his Twitter account, his son, Adam, said that his father was transferred for the third time to a police hospital after suffering from chest pain....

A Bahraini court has postponed its verdict in the trial of prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, who is charged with criticizing the Manama government. The criminal court, scheduled to give its verdict at Thursday's hearing, postponed the ruling until October 31. Rajab is being tried over tweets he posted in March 2015, which accusedBahraini ...

The United States has called on the Bahraini regime to releaseprominent rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, citing "concerns" over silencing dissidents in the Persian Gulf country. "We call on the government of Bahrain to release him immediately," US State Department spokesman Mark Toner said on Tuesday, adding that, "We have concerns about the state ...