{"id":10216,"date":"2012-05-29T07:05:54","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T14:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10216"},"modified":"2012-05-29T07:05:54","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T14:05:54","slug":"human-rights-defender-and-democracy-movement-leader-nabeel-rajab-freed-on-bail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=10216","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Defender and Democracy Movement Leader Nabeel Rajab, freed on bail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bahrain bails human rights activist Nabeel Rajab<\/strong>
\n28 May, 2012 – BBC<\/p>\n

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been released on bail, a government spokesman says.<\/p>\n

Mr Rajab was arrested on 5 May at Manama airport on his return from the Lebanese capital, Beirut.<\/p>\n

He is charged with inciting illegal rallies using social networking sites and defaming Bahrain’s security forces.<\/p>\n

Since Febrary 2011, Bahrain’s government and Sunni ruling royal family have faced fierce opposition from mainly Shia activists.<\/p>\n

Bahraini security forces have clashed with protesters, and rights groups have condemned the arrest of other activists such as Abdul al-Khawajah, who has been on hunger strike in jail for the past three months.<\/p>\n

With 140,000 Twitter followers, Mr Rajab is a high-profile user of the micro-blogging website and a vocal critic of Bahrain’s ruler, King Hamad al-Khalifa.<\/p>\n

His lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi told the AFP news agency that he was ordered to pay 300 Bahraini dinars ($796) and still faces a travel ban.<\/p>\n

A Shia Muslim and head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, Mr Rajab last appeared in court on 16 May.
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