{"id":9841,"date":"2012-05-16T14:38:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T21:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2012-05-16T14:38:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-16T21:38:12","slug":"bahrain-activist-nabeel-rajab-arrest-is-meant-to-weaken-uprising-muzzle-free-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9841","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain activist Nabeel Rajab, &#8220;arrest is meant to weaken uprising, muzzle free expression&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bahrain activist tells court his arrest is meant to weaken uprising, muzzle free expression<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociated Press, 16 May, 2012<\/p>\n<p>MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 A prominent rights activist jailed in Bahrain says his detention is a political act aimed at weakening the uprising against the Gulf kingdom\u2019s rulers.<\/p>\n<p>Nabel Rajab also told a judge on Wednesday that authorities seek to muzzle free expression as part of crackdowns against opposition groups.<\/p>\n<p>Rajab, the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, was arrested May 5 and charged with using social media to insult Bahraini authorities and encourage demonstrations. Fifty-five lawyers attended his hearing in a show of solidarity with Rajab.<\/p>\n<p>The trial continues on Sunday.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/bahrain-activist-tells-court-his-arrest-is-meant-to-weaken-uprising-muzzle-free-expression\/2012\/05\/16\/gIQATHwOTU_story.html?\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D9841&amp;text=Bahrain+activist+Nabeel+Rajab%2C+%22arrest+is+meant+to+weaken+uprising%2C+muzzle+free+expression%22&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrain activist tells court his arrest is meant to weaken uprising, muzzle free expression Associated Press, 16 May, 2012 MANAMA, Bahrain \u2014 A prominent rights activist jailed in Bahrain says his detention is a political act aimed at weakening the uprising against the Gulf kingdom\u2019s rulers. Nabel Rajab also told a judge on Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9841#more-'\" class=\"more-link\">more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[247],"tags":[3020],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9842,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions\/9842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}