Shii News – Rajab Conviction Upheld

BAHRAIN: Unfair Conviction of Leading Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab Upheld

31 December 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation upheld the five-year sentence issued against leading human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, for his critical comments on social media. Rajab has now exhausted all legal remedies. The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) condemns today’s decision in the strongest term and urges the Bahraini authorities…

For BIRD Weekly 218 click here.
See also Amnesty International.
See also ADHRB Weekly 283.