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February 21, 2018

Bahraini Human Rights Activist Nabeel Rajab Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison
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In Bahrain, human rights activist Nabeel Rajab has been sentenced to
five years in prison for tweeting about the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led
bombing campaign's killing of civilians in Yemen, and alleged torture in
Bahrain's notorious Jaw prison. Amnesty International said, "This
sentence demonstrates the authorities' ruthless determination to crush
all forms of dissent and leaves no room for doubt about the extreme
lengths to which they are willing to go to in order to silence peaceful
critics." Rajab has been imprisoned multiple times in recent years for
participating in pro-democracy protests and for criticizing the Bahraini
government.


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