The Case of Nabeel Rajab
Case Law- Country
- Country Location
Latitude: 26.081570094365436
Longitude: 50.52608013153077
- Country Location (linked Case Law)
- Bahrain
- Decision Date
- Feb 21, 2018
- Case Status
- Closed
- Case Outcome (Procedural)
- Motion Granted
- Case Outcome (Disposition)
- Sanctions (Imprisonment and/or Fine)
- Keywords
- Content Regulation / Censorship
- Freedom of Expression
- Political Expression
- Social Media
- Judicial Body
- First Instance Court
- Court Name
- The Criminal Court of Bahrain
- Case Number
- N/A
- Case Summary
On February 21, 2018 Bahrain's Criminal Court sentenced political activist Nabeel Rajab to five years in prison for tweets and retweets in 2015 denouncing Saudi Arabia's role in the war in Yemen and for criticizing prison abuse in his country. Rajab is already serving a two-year sentence handed down in July 2017 for comments he made in televised interviews and faces charges in respect of articles by him published in Le Monde and the New York Times. The travel ban he has been under since November 2014 also remains in place.
- Related Caselaw (self)
- Related Law
- Source URL
- Columbia Global Freedom of Expression
- Notes
No official legal and government records on the case. Media outlets may not provide complete information about this case. Additional information regarding legal matters will be updated as an official source becomes available.
- Collection
- SMEX
- Date Updated
- Aug 9, 2024