Bahrain Court Rejects Jailed Activist’s Request for Release - NYTimes.com
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Lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi said leading rights activist Nabeel Rajab, sentenced last year to two years in prison for cases related to organizing and participating in protests, had a legal right to an early release after spending a year and half in prison.
“But the court rejected the request to release him without giving any reasons,” Jishi told Reuters by telephone from Manama after the ruling, which was attended by representatives of several foreign embassies.
An official of the government’s Information Affairs Authority confirmed the court had rejected his request.
Rajab shot to prominence in 2011 when he became a leading campaigner against a crackdown on protesters. With 217,000 followers on Twitter he is one of the most well-known online activists in the Arab world.