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Bahrain Arrests Top Activist Nabil Rajab Once Again

Bahrain Arrests Top Activist Nabil Rajab Once Again
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Bahraini police arrested prominent rights activist Nabeel Rajab on Wednesday over his anti-regime tweets as Manama continues its crackdown on protests in the country.

Bahrain Arrests Top Activist Nabil Rajab Once Again
Bahraini police questioned Rajab, the director of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights [BCHR], on Wednesday over his remarks on Twitter.

"Legal measures have been taken to refer him to the general prosecution," Manama said in a statement, adding that the activist had "insulted official bodies in his tweets."

In one tweet shared on Sunday, Rajab said the Bahrainis that join the so-called "Daesh" [ISIL] conflict in Syria and Iraq are actually members of security agencies belonging to the Bahraini monarchy.
"Many #Bahrain men who joined #terrorism & #ISI[L] came from security institutions and those institutions were the first ideological incubator," Rajab wrote.

Meanwhile, Rights group Human Rights First censured the arrest and called on the al-Khalifa regime to end "systematic harassment" of human rights activists.
Brian Dooley form Human Rights Watch also reacted to the detention, saying, "We are alarmed that the Bahraini government continues to target prominent human rights defenders in an effort to impede their vital work."

A court recently also charged another rights activist, Maryam al-Khawaja, for allegedly assaulting police during questioning at the airport.

Since mid-February 2011, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have held numerous demonstrations in the streets of Bahrain, calling for the al-Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.
On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates [UAE] invaded the country to assist the Bahraini government in its crackdown on peaceful protesters.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

 

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