30 Oct 12 | Middle East and North Africa, minipost, News and features
Bahrain has banned all demonstrations following clashes between police and anti-government protestors on Monday (29 October). Interior minister Sheikh Rashid Al Khalifah said that the clampdown was a result of the “repeated abuses” of freedom of expression.
The emergency move is the largest scale attempt to quash the Gulf kingdom’s anti-government uprising which began in February of last year.
Index on Censorship award winner Nabeel Rajab is currently serving a three-year jail sentence for organising “illegal protests”.
23 Aug 12 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost
Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was today acquitted of insulting the Sunni citizens of the island of Muharraq on Twitter. Rajab was sentenced to three months in prison on 9 July for his remarks on the site. However, the activist remains in jail after being sentenced to three years in prison last week for his involvement in “illegal protests”. Rajab, who is also head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), has played in active role in condemning the government’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and activists since the start of unrest during February last year.
Rajab was presented with the Index on Censorship Advocacy Award earlier this year.
16 Aug 12 | Middle East and North Africa, News and features
Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing human rights defender and Index award winner Nabeel Rajab to three years in prison
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09 Jul 12 | Middle East and North Africa, Uncategorized
Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) was taken into custody by Bahraini authorities today after a court sentenced him to three months in prison for allegedly defaming the citizens of the village of Muharraq on Twitter. (more…)
