Bahrain : Bahraini court confirms Nabeel Rajab’s five-year jail term

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the decision by Bahrain’s court of cassation on 31 December to reject citizen-journalist and human rights defender Nabeel Rajab’s appeal against his five-year jail sentence and reiterates its call for his immediate and unconditional release. Rajab, who heads the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and has been held since June 2016

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