Bahrain: Activist arrested over 'insulting' tweets must be freed

Headline Title: Bahrain: Free activist arrested over 'insulting' tweets 08 May 2012 A prominent human rights activist detained for posting tweets deemed "insulting" to Bahrain's Ministy of Interior must be released, Amnesty International said.Nabeel Rajab, the director of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, was arrested on Saturday evening and has been charged with "insulting a national institution"."This is the Bahraini authorities' latest attempt to clamp down on dissenting voices in the country," said Philip Luther, Director of Amnesty International’s Middle East…

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