Shii News – Nabeel Rajab Appeal Rejected

Bahraini Court Rejects Appeal to Grant Prominent Human Rights Defender a Non-Custodial Sentence

17 September 2019 – Bahrain’s High Appeals Court refused to grant a non-custodial sentence to the country’s most prominent human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, who is currently serving a five-year prison term for his critical comments on social media, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said.

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