Bahrain: Further information: Prominent Bahraini activist imprisoned: Nabeel Rajab

Index Number: MDE 11/044/2012
Date Published: 10 July 2012
Categories: Bahrain

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, was arrested on 9 July at his home to serve the three-month prison sentence imposed on him on that day by the Lower Criminal Court which convicted him of libel. He is a prisoner of conscience.