Nabeel Rajab, co-founder and President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and a prominent defender of human rights in Arab countries, was sentenced last week to two years in jail. His crime was of ‘propagating false information’ when in television interviews he detailed the increasing state of repression in Bahrain. Like many other countries in the region, the people of Bahrain rose up in 2011 as part of the regional Arab Spring. As in other countries, they were also brutally repressed by the ruling elites who have continued to crack down on any independent organising by working class organisations.
Nabeel Rajab, co-founder and President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and a prominent defender of human rights in Arab countries, was sentenced last week to two years in jail. His crime was of ‘propagating false information’ when in television interviews he detailed the increasing state of repression in Bahrain. Like many other countries in the region, the people of Bahrain rose up in 2011 as part of the regional Arab Spring. As in other countries, they were also brutally repressed by the ruling elites who have continued to crack down on any independent organising by working class organisations.
