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Nabeel Rajab’s Case Adjourned until Dec. 31, Technical Expert Didn’t Technically Conclude that Rajab was Behind Tweets in Indictment
2017-11-20
The First High Criminal Court summoned the officer who examined Nabeel Rajab’s electronic devices and adjourned the case until December 31.
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Bahrain Appeals Court Adjourns Top HR Activist Nabeel Rajab’s Case until Nov. 22 for Sentencing
2017-11-08
A Bahrain Appeal Court adjourned the case of prominent human rights activist and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) President, Nabeel Rajab, for sentencing until November 22, 2017.
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BCHR: Nabeel Rajab Subjected to Degrading Treatment after Transfer to Jaw Prison
2017-10-28
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said in a statement issued on October 26, 2017, “the Bahraini authorities must protect Nabeel Rajab from harassment and degrading treatment”.
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Authorities Transfer Nabeel Rajab to Isolated Cell in Jaw Prison, Forcibly Shave his Head
2017-10-27
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) said that the BCHR President Nabeel Rajab was transferred to Jaw prison on Wednesday (October 25, 2017).
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Appeals Court Postpones Nabeel Rajab’s Case to November 8 for Final Pleading
2017-10-25
A Bahraini appeals court adjourned the case of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab until November 8 for final pleading.
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HRW: Nabeel Rajab’s Trial Postponed while Saudi Arabia is Threatening to Prevent Int’l Investigation about War on Yemen
2017-09-30
In Bahrain –Saudi Arabia’s neighbor and part of the coalition bombing Yemen – a court on Wednesday postponed the trial of the country’s prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab.
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Public Prosecution Raises New Charges against Prominent HR Activist Nabeel Rajab
2017-09-20
Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that the Public Prosecution brought new charges against prominent human rights activist and President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, over the background of social media posts on Twitter and Instagram.
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Index on Censorship Criticizes Postponement of HR Activist Nabeel Rajab’s Trial
2017-09-14
Index on Censorship denounced on its website the postponement of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s trial until September 27, 2017.
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Case of Prominent HR Activist Nabeel Rajab Adjourned until Sept. 27
2017-09-12
The First High Criminal Court continued looking into the case of president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, in which he is accused of criticizing Saudi Arabia via Twitter over Yemen war.
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Int’l Organizations Call to Stand in Solidarity with Nabeel Rajab in front of Bahraini Embassy in London
2017-09-05
International human rights organizations called to stand in solidarity with prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab on Monday (September 11, 2017) at 10 AM in front of the Bahraini embassy in London, to show support for Rajab and for free expression in Bahrain.
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Index on Censorship: Bahraini Authorities Oppress Activists and their Families
2017-08-19
Index on Censorship said in an article on its website that human rights defenders often confront obstacles that make their work difficult. The organization indicated that the families of activists suffer along with their loved ones and are often targeted with official harassment: detention, loss of employment, beatings and harassment. Each case is an individual story of a struggle for freedom.
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Observatory for the Protection of HR Defenders Urges Bahrain to Immediately & Unconditionally Release Nabeel Rajab
2017-08-14
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders denounced the continued arbitrary detention of Nabeel Rajab, which seems to be yet another evidence of a long-standing pattern of harassment against him to sanction his legitimate human rights activity.
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Case of Nabeel Rajab over Criticizing War on Yemen Adjourned until Sept. 11
2017-08-08
Bahrain's Fifth High Criminal Court presided over by judge Ibrahim Al-Zayed with the membership of judge Wajih Al-Shaer and Yousif Bu Hardan as a secretariat adjourned the case of prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab to September 11 for pleading.
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British MEPs & HR Groups Send Letter to FCO: Silence on Rajab’s Case “Appalling”
2017-08-07
Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that 13 British MEPs and human rights organization believe that “the Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s silence on the sentencing of human rights figure Nabeel Rajab in Bahrain has been called “appalling” in a letter to the Foreign Secretary.”
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Arab Gulf States’ Assault on Online Activists, Human Rights Watch
2017-07-29
Gulf governments have sustained their campaigns to silence peaceful critics during the first half of 2017, stated Human Rights Watch, updating an interactive website, created in November 2016, featuring targeted human rights activists.
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Proposal in House of Commons to Condemn Sentence against Nabeel Rajab, Demand his Release
2017-07-25
MEP Tom Brake issued a proposal to the House of Commons to condemn the sentence passed on Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. He also called on the British Government to condemn Rajab’s sentence; and further called on the Government of Bahrain to immediately release him, commute his sentence, drop outstanding charges and to release all human rights defenders.
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OHCHR Statement Calls on Bahraini Authorities to Immediately & Unconditionally Release Nabeel Rajab
2017-07-14
A statement issued on behalf of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (July 14, 2017) in Geneva, said that his office is “deeply concerned that Nabeel Rajab, a co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was sentenced on 10 July to two years in prison.
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Reuters: U.N. Calls on Bahrain to Release Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Unconditionally
2017-07-14
The U.N. human rights office called on Bahrain on Friday to "unconditionally and immediately" release rights campaigner Nabeel Rajab, who was sentenced to two years in jail this week.
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Norway Calls on Bahrain to Immediately Release Nabeel Rajab, Drop Charges against Him
2017-07-14
The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs urged Bahrain to immediately release Nabeel Rajab.
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EU Calls on Bahrain to Release Nabeel Rajab
2017-07-13
European Union called for release of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, stressing that the two-year prison sentence issued against him runs against Bahrain’s international commitments.