The Third Minor Criminal Court adjourned on Tuesday (May 30, 2017) the second cause raised against prominent Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab until June 12, 2017, while he remains in detention.

The defense committee for Nabeel Rajab said that their client needs to stay in the hospital from 4 to 6 weeks, according to the consultants doctor following up his health status.

Summary: Prominent detained Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times (NYT) column on Wednesday for selling arms to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with reference to their human rights records.

In an interview with Radio France Internationale (RFI), Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman noted that meeting with other religious clerics who call for dialogue and respect for political rights is becoming more difficult in Bahrain. He clarified that the Bahraini authorities are banning all forms of civil activities.

Jailed Bahraini rights activist Nabeel Rajab criticized U.S. President Donald Trump in a New York Times column on Wednesday for selling arms to his country and Saudi Arabia, citing of their human rights records.

The Third Minor Criminal Court adjourned the case of the human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, in which he is accused of spreading false news about the Kingdom’s internal situations, until May 30 to show the CDs and watch the video in question, also authorizing the defense panel to meet with the defendant where he is being held.

A leading Bahraini human rights activist was denied bail on Tuesday on charges of writing an editorial critical of the government, a pro-opposition rights group reported.

President of Bahrain Center for Human Rights and prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab is supposed to appear today (May 16, 2017) before the court in a case related to television interviews over which the authorities accuse of disseminating “false information”.

The United Nations Committee against Torture on Friday called on Bahrain to release prominent activist Nabeel Rajab from more than nine months of solitary confinement and investigate widespread allegations of ill-treatment and torture of detainees.

It’s been 5 years since the United Nations issued 176 recommendations to the Government of Bahrain to reform the deteriorating human rights status. Bahrain has been a country full of torture, killing, labor dismissals and sectarian persecution.

​Human Rights Watch says prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, is suffering from health problems that have developed or deteriorated during more than 10 months​ ​of​ ​arbitrary​ ​detention.

Bahrain’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Dossari denied exposing any rights activists or journalists to harassment or deterioration of the health status of some of them in prison.

Sayed Ahmad Al-Wadaei said in an article in the British “The Guardian” newspaper that “the grand prix coincides with heightened repression in Bahrain”.

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expressed serious concerns about the health of its two Founding Directors Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Nabeel Rajab, who are suffering behind bars

The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the US Congress urged the Bahraini authorities to return Nabeel Rajab to hospital to receive the necessary medical case after undergoing surgery.

Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab’s family said that Rajab was rushed to the hospital yesterday directly after they paid him a visit at the prison.

Member of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Hussein Radhi said Friday that the authorities returned prominent activist Nabeel Rajab to prison, after 2 days of undergoing urgent surgery.

The family of jailed Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab has been denied visiting rights after he underwent surgery, relatives said Thursday.

The family of an imprisoned activist in Bahrain says he has undergone surgery for bleeding ulcers.

Amnesty International expressed its growing concerns over the health of prominent Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been held in solitary confinement since 9 months, and its concerns about the effect it is having on his health and well-being.