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US State Department Expresses Deep Concern over Nabeel Rajab's Arrest
2016-06-14
US State Department expressed deep concern regarding arrest of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.
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MENA HR Defenders Condemn Rights Champion Nabeel Rajab's Arrest, Call for Immediate Release
2016-06-13
HR activists from Arab world expressed grave concern over detention of Bahraini human rights advocate Nabeel Rajab.
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Index on Censorship Urges UK to Condemn Nabeel Rajab's Arrest, Calls for Stopping Harassment of HR Defenders
2016-06-13
index on Censorship condemned the latest arrest of human rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain.
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Reuters: Bahrain Arrests Prominent Campaigner Nabeel Rajab
2016-06-13
Bahraini police detained Nabeel Rajab, one of the most prominent rights activists in the Arab world, his wife ...
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AFP: Top Human Rights Activist Rearrested in Bahrain
2016-06-13
Leading Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was rearrested on Monday by security forces in the...
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AP: Bahrain Detains Prominent Activist During Raid on His Home
2016-06-13
Bahraini police detained a prominent activist during a raid on his home early on Monday morning, rights groups and the activist's family said, part of a wide crackdown on dissent more than five years after the Arab Spring.
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Rayhana Al-Mosawi Documents at NIHR Her Account of Torture & Abuse
2016-05-10
President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, announced that activist Rayhana Al-Mosawi documented on Sunday (May 8, 2016) at the National Institution for Human Rights the torture she was subjected to during her interrogation three years ago.
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OHCHR Expresses Concern over Zainab Al-Khawaja’s Arrest & Arbitrary Revocation of Citizenships
2016-03-19
The Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) stated that it is deeply troubled by the arrest of human rights defender, Zainab Al Khawaja, further expressing concern over the citizenship law, enabling the Bahrain government to revoke the citizenship of activists, as well as the imposed travel bans.
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HR Defender Nabeel Rajab Expects Bahrain to be Listed as "Priority country" in British Report
2016-02-24
The President of the Bahrain Center for Human rights and prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, said that Bahrain is expected to be listed as a "Priority country" in Britain's upcoming report "due to increasing human rights activism"
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27 NGOs Demand Lifting Travel Ban on Nabeel Rajab
2016-01-26
27 NGOs urged the Bahraini authorities to lift the “arbitrary travel ban” imposed on the human rights defender and president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab.
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Observatory for Protection of HR Defenders Condemns Continued Travel Ban Imposed on Nabeel Rajab
2015-12-24
Bahrain Mirror: The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said that the travel ban against the Bahraini human rights activist, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) Nabeel Rajab continues to be imposed.
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HRW Criticizes Arbitrary Travel Ban against Nabeel Rajab
2015-12-17
Bahrain Mirror: Human Rights Watch (HRW) Criticized the arbitrary travel ban imposed by the Bahraini authorities on the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab.
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80 MEPs Call on Bahrain’s King to Lift Travel Ban on Nabeel Rajab
2015-11-21
Bahrain Mirror: 80 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) issued a letter on Thursday (November 19, 2015) to King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa urging him to immediately lift the travel ban and drop all charges against human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.
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Nabeel Rajab Calls for Abduljalil Al-Singace's Release to Attend his Mother's Funeral
2015-10-31
Bahrain Mirror: The President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, called on the Bahraini authorities to release the detained opposition leader Abduljalil Al-Singace and his brother Abdulali Al-Singace, so that they would be able to attend their mother's funeral, who passed away on Thursday (October 29, 2015).
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Nabeel Rajab: Taking Down Ashura Flags Violates Religious Freedom of Indigenous Bahrainis
2015-10-16
Bahrain Mirror: Bahraini Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab tweeted on Thursday (October 15, 2015) that “taking down religious banners and flags linked to the culture and beliefs of the indigenous Bahrainis is a violation of their religious and cultural rights.”
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Nabeel Rajab: HR Institutions Ready to Help Bahrain Implement Geneva Statement Recommendations
2015-09-16
Bahrain Mirror: President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, said that the human rights institutions in Bahrain are ready to help Bahrain implement the recommendations listed in the joint statement signed by 33 states.
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Nabeel Rajab Criticizes the National Institution for Human Rights for Being Occupied with Foreign Events & Avoiding its Priorities
2015-09-14
Bahrain Mirror: Prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, criticized the National Institution of Human Rights, which is appointed by a royal decree, considering that “it didn’t prove its worth in changing and improving the human rights situation in Bahrain.”
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Bahraini Authorities Impose Travel Ban on Nabeel Rajab…FIDH Criticizes Decision
2015-09-09
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), said that the Bahraini authorities imposed a travel ban on the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab.
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Rajab: Bahraini Gov’t Convinced of the Necessity to Find Solution to Crisis
2015-08-03
Bahrain Mirror:The prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab said that he concluded through his meetings with Bahraini Ministry of Interior officials in prison “that the government is convinced of the necessity to find a solution for this crisis.”
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Nabeel Rajab: I Did Not Ask For the King’s Pardon...I talked with officials in the Ministry of Interior
2015-07-22
Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): In response to a wave of questions he was asked during the past days regarding his release, the prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab confirmed that he did not ask King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for a pardon.