The High Criminal Court adjourned the case of prominent activist, and head of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, until May 17, 2017.

A Bahrain court today postponed the trial of Shiite opposition leader Nabil Rajab, a judicial source said, as authorities take increasingly harsh measures against dissent in the Gulf kingdom.

Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman, Head of Religious Freedom Unit in BHRO, said that the majority of Bahraini citizens (Shia) are subjected to systematic violations over their religion, according to the Special Rapporteurs reports and that of the US Department of States and European Union, stating that 65% of the citizens are being persecuted.

Brian Dooley, director of the Human Rights Defenders program in Human Rights First, said in an article he published in the Huffington Post newspaper that President Trump’s assaults on the media, attacks on refugee rights, reports that his administration is considering withdrawing from the U.N. Human Rights Council, and his increasing chumminess with dictators are all alarming signs for human rights defenders hoping for support from Washington.

A number of human rights groups urged permanent representatives of member and observer states of UN Human Rights Council to call for improvements in human rights situation in Bahrain at 34th HRC session.

The Fifth High Criminal Court adjourned the case of prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab until March 22, 2017, to listen to the investigations officer’s testimony

Bahrain police have arrested 20 people in a crackdown on Shiite villages, as legislators approved a constitutional amendment that could see civilians tried in military courts in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.

A Bahraini court adjourned (Tuesday February 21, 2017) the trial of prominent activist Nabeel Rajab until March 7, 2017, and denied a request for his release.

The trial of the prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is scheduled to resume on February 21, 2017, Human Rights Watch said. He faces a total of 18 years in prison based on two sets of speech-related charges that clearly violate his right to free expression. His eight months in pretrial custody appeared to amount to arbitrary detention.

Angry demonstrations took to the streets of various Bahraini areas, on the eve of the February 14 revolution’s 6th anniversary.

Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the year 2016 witnessed an unprecedented crackdown on human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, indicating that the authorities widened their attacks against freedoms and opposers and arrested about 1300 citizens.

Lawyer Mohammad al-Jishi said Wednesday (February 8, 2017) that the court rejected a request to release president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab.

Over 20 human rights figures and organizations sent letter to British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs urging him to call on Bahrain to release Nabeel Rajab.

British daily The Guardian reported that “Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is facing a lengthy prison sentence simply for stating that journalists and international NGOs cannot enter Bahrain.”

Index and Censorship called on Bahrain to immediately drop all charges against Nabeel Rajab.

Amnesty International criticized the postponement of Nabeel Rajab’s trial for the 6th time, in a statement issued on its official website.

The prosecution in a Bahraini court on Monday presented what it said was evidence against prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab, accused of spreading "false information" about the kingdom, a judicial source said.

Bahrain’s third minor court started on Monday (January 23, 2017) looking into the case of human rights defender and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab in which he is accused of disseminating false news and rumors about Bahrain’s internal situations.

The Fifth High Criminal Court adjourned on Monday (January 23, 2017) the case of prominent human rights defender and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab until February 21 to listen to the investigations officer.

Bahrain's Public Prosecution announced on Thursday (January 19, 2017) the referral of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab to trial on Monday (January 23, 2017) over the charge of disseminating rumors.