The Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab faces up to 12 years in prison for criticizing the Saudi Arabia-led military operations in Yemen, Human Rights Watch said today.

Gulf Center for Human Rights said “retaliations against human rights defenders continue unabated in Bahrain”.

Rafto Foundation appealed to the Norwegian government and all relevant international bodies to call for the Government of Bahrain to immediately release Nabeel, vacate his earlier sentences and apply pressure on it to halt any further judicial harassment of Nabeel Rajab and other human rights defenders in Bahrain.

Public Prosecution rejected a release request submitted by Nabeel Rajab to take part in his uncle’s funeral procession.

Reporters without Borders condemned lengthening the arrest of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab.

Nabeel Rajab said Interior Ministry officials confirmed the charges raised against him were dropped by a royal pardon.

The trial in Bahrain of prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab was postponed until Aug. 2 on Tuesday and a request for his release rejected, his lawyer said, hours after 26 rights groups jointly called for him to be freed.

Bahrain is turning into a police state as vicious and arbitrary as Egypt, reported The Independent.

Court adjourned hearing of prominent HR activist Nabeel Rajab until August 2, said lawyer Mohammad Al-Jeshi on Twitter.

Trial of rights activist Nabeel Rajab postponed until Aug. 2 and request for his release rejected.

Tom Lantos HR Commission of US Congress called on Bahrain to immediately release BCHR president Nabeel Rajab.

HR Commission expressed deep concern by reports that detained Nabeel Rajab was transferred to hospital with heart problems.

Prominent HR defender's wife said her husband is still subjected to psychosocial pressure stressing that his health deteriorated.

UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said that he raised the issues of Al-Wefaq suspension and re-arrest of Nabeel Rajab with his Bahraini counterpart.

Supporters of a well-known rights activist in the island kingdom of Bahrain say he has been returned to police custody a day after being hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat.

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was returned to prison from hospital despite his health "getting worse," one of his lawyers said Wednesday.

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, a vocal critic of the Gulf island's monarchy, was taken to...

Prominent Bahraini rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab, in detention for alleged remarks criticizing the kingdom's prison system and its involvement in a war in Yemen, has been taken to a hospital with a heart condition, supporters said on Twitter.

Supporters of an activist detained in Bahrain as part of an intensifying crackdown on dissent say he's been taken to the hospital with an irregular heartbeat.

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab will face trial for tweets condemning the Gulf Arab kingdom's prison system ...