High Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison over tweets criticising Bahrain prison torture and misconduct in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen.

A military court of appeal is due to announce its verdict on the execution of six Bahrainis convicted in a speedy trial, over charges of plotting to assassinate Commander-in-Chief Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa.

Adam Rajab, son of prominent human rights defender, said that his father spent 4 out of the 7 uprising years in prison, most of which were in solitary confinement.

Amnesty International has launched an online campaign to call on the Bahraini authorities to release Nabeel Rajab on the eve of his sentencing hearing on Tuesday (February 20, 2018).

The health of a prominent activist jailed in Bahrain is failing and authorities are not providing medical care, international human rights groups said.

An imprisoned activist in Bahrain has been denied adequate medical care and is being held with extremists, putting his life at risk, a human rights group said Thursday.

International rights groups said Thursday they fear for the health behind bars of Bahrain's most high-profile activist, Nabeel Rajab, condemning the Gulf state over its seven-year crackdown on dissent.

Human rights in Bahrain have deteriorated significantly in the past year because international pressure on the Gulf Arab kingdom has weakened, activists said on Thursday.

In a first comment made by an official party on the 2-year jail term verdict issued by cassation court against Nabeel Rajab over television interviews, the European Union called on the Bahraini government to release prominent human rights defender Rajab for humanitarian grounds.

Bahrain’s top court on Monday upheld two-year prison sentence imposed last year by a lower tribunal on rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab over comments he was alleged to have made to journalists.

Bahrain's court of cassation on Monday confirmed a two-year jail sentence against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab, convicted for press statements critical of his government, a judicial source said.

A Bahraini court adjourned on Monday (January 15, 2018) the case of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab until February 21, to issue its sentence.

Bahrain's Court of Cassation upheld a two-year prison sentence against prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab over television interviews he had with foreign media outlets.

Human rights defenders and activists experienced a brutal period during 2017; torture, extortion, travel bans and attacks on homes and properties, as well as pressures and threats aimed at turning activists and rights defenders into informants.

A Bahraini court adjourned the case of the President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) and prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, until January 15 for closing arguments.

The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemned upholding the two-year jail term sentence against prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab.

The Chair of the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human rights, Mr Pier Antonio Panzeri expressed his disappointment at the Bahrain court’s ruling rejecting Nabeel Rajab’s appeal and upholding his 2-year prison sentence.

Dozens of rights activists participated in two protests held outside the Bahraini embassies in the British capital London and the US capital, Washington.

A Bahraini appeals court upheld on Wednesday (November 22, 201) a 2-year jail verdict against prominent human rights defender and president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, over television interviews he made with foreign media outlets.

Freedom House has listed 12 people as the most prominent figures in combating injustice via their online activity. Among these figures was Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been detained by the authorities in Bahrain since mid last year.