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Nabeel Rajab
Nabeel Rajab at his office in July 2011.
Born
Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab

(1964-01-01) 1 January 1964 (age 60)
Bahrain
EducationBachelor's degree in Political Science and History from the University of Pune
OccupationHuman rights activist
Years active1988–present[1]
ChildrenAdam and Malak
WebsiteBahrain Rights

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Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab (Arabic: نبيل أحمد عبدالرسول رجب) is a Bahraini human rights activist and an opposition leader.[2] He is president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), a nonprofit non-governmental organisation which works to promote human rights in Bahrain.[3] He is also a member of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch's Middle East Division, Deputy Secretary General for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH),[4][5] former chairman of CARAM Asia[6][7] and president of Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR).[8] Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders have both described him as having been targeted by Bahraini authorities for his human rights activities.[9][10]

Nabeel started his human rights activity during the 1990s uprising and went on to draw attention to the conditions which migrant workers face in GCC countries, and attained positions at several international human rights organisations. He actively uses online media, especially Facebook and Twitter where he has about 170,000 followers (as of August 2012).

During the 2011-2012 Bahraini uprising, Nabeel led many protests[11] and criticized the government, clashing with political authorities and security forces. His house was attacked with tear gas, he was arrested several times, allegedly beaten, and threatened with death.[12] He was also critical of the United States role in the uprising.

Following the media attention on protests during the Formula 1 race in April 2012, the government arrested and incarcerated Rajab several times. He was detained for twenty four days in May and twenty two days in June before getting released on bail. On 9 July, he was detained and sentenced to three months prison for a Tweet which the court found to have "insulted Bahrainis".[13] Still detained, Rajab was sentenced to three years' imprisonment on three protest-related cases on 16 August. The verdict drew criticism from Bahrain's western allies and human rights organisations.

Nabeel received two international human rights prizes in 2011,[14] one in 2012, and Al Jazeera English called him "the unofficial leader of the 14 February movement".[15] He remains controversial within Bahrain, with Reuters describing him as "a hero to protesters, but villain for Bahrainis who fear the protests will bring Shi'ite Islamists to power."[16]

Biography

Nabeel Rajab's son Adam

Nabeel Rajab was born on 1 January 1964. He is married and has two children. He finished his secondary school education in 1983 in Bahrain, specialising in science. He received his bachelor's of arts degree in Political Science and History from the University of Pune (formerly University of Poona) in India in 1987.[1][17] He earns living as a "building contractor by trade".[17] In February 2012, Rajab announced his intention to close out his business due to what he called government harassment.[18]

Human rights activism

Early years

In an interview with Bahrain Mirror,[1] Nabeel Rajab spoke about his earliest human rights activities while still a student at Al Hoora secondary school and described two particularly significant formative experiences:

Two events affected me most, one when a colleague dropped himself from second floor to escape under-covered police who stormed school. The second incident was when a dear teacher was arrested. That is when my voice started to rise and become annoying. I was caught vandalizing a school wall by writing apolitical human rights statements on school walls and was given the choice to either be submitted to police or to switch school. So I took the easy way out and since I was the top student back then, I choose to switch to Sheikh Abdul Aziz school.

Rajab traveled to India to study Political Science and History. He received his Bachelor's degree but financial problems after his father became ill prevented him obtaining a Master's degree. He returned to Bahrain to find employment. During his college years, he remained independent of political affiliations. According to Rajab, despite lacking a clear understanding of what constitutes a culture of human rights or knowledge of human rights standards and norms, he was active within the general Bahraini students union, speaking out against all forms of injustice. He also became involved in international campaigning on specific issues.[1]

According to Rajab, he became involved in organized human rights activities during the 1990s uprising in Bahrain. In 1996 Rajab discussed the idea of setting up a human rights organization with Ali Rabea'a and Ibrahim Kamal Al Den. They introduced him to Salman Kamal Al Den, Sabeeka Al Najjar, Mohammed Al Motawa and other colleagues with whom they held secret meetings. Together they founded the Bahrain Human Rights Society in 1999.[1]

Foundation of Human Rights committees

With the ending of the oppressive State Security Law period in 1999, Nabeel Rajab was able to begin working openly in the field of Human rights as one of the founders of the Bahrain Human Rights Society, one of the first human rights organizations in Bahrain.[1]

He subsequently fell out with some of the other founders. In 2002, following wide ranging political reforms by the Bahraini government which allowed independent Human rights groups to operate, Rajab worked with Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and others to found the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR).[1] Rajab was Training Program Officer and Senior Researcher at BCHR. He later became Vice President and Head of International Relations until.[19] He later he took over from Abdulhadi Alkhawaja as BCHR,[19] a position he still held as of August 2012.[20]

Nabeel also co-founded a number of human rights committees in Bahrain with a specific focus, including the National Committee of Victims of Torture—Bahrain (2003), the Committee of the Unemployed and Underpaid (2005), the Committee on Decent Housing (2005), the Committee of the Bedoun (Stateless) (2005) and the Committee to Defend Detained Human Rights Activists (2007).[21]

Migrant workers rights

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video icon Nabeel Rajab defending migrant workers, London, November 2010 on Vimeo

Nabeel Rajab was one of the founders of the first migrant workers protection committee in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, the Migrant Workers Protection Group (in 2003).[21][22]

On 28 April 2007, the Bahraini Parliament passed a law banning unmarried migrant workers from living in residential areas. BCHR issued a press release condemning this decision as discriminatory and promoting negative racist attitudes towards migrant workers.[23][24] Nabeel Rajab, then BCHR vice president, said:

It is appalling that Bahrain is willing to rest on the benefits of these people’s hard work, and often their suffering, but that they refuse to live with them in equality and dignity. The solution is not to force migrant workers into ghettos, but to urge companies to improve living conditions for workers – and not to accommodate large numbers of workers in inadequate space, and to improve the standard of living for them.[23][24]

In October 2009 Nabeel was elected Chairperson of CARAM Asia for 2 years. CARAM is a regional non-governmental organization, based in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, that works to defend the rights of migrant workers, reduce the risks to which their communities are vulnerable, including HIV, and promote their health rights.

On 24 February 2010, Nabeel Rajab addressed the "World Congress against the Death Penalty" conference in Geneva on the subject of "Migrant Workers and the Death Penalty in Bahrain & Saudi Arabia".[22][25] He drew attention to the exceptional vulnerability of migrant workers in countries with systemic abuses and rights violations.[25]

Work with other international Human Rights organizations

Since December 2009, Nabeel has been a member of the Board of Advisors of the Middle East and North African division of Human Rights Watch, a position he still held in February 2012.[26]

In July 2010 the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) appointed Rajab to the position of Deputy Secretary General and FIDH permanent representative in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. In March 2011 Nabeel Rajab was elected Deputy Chairperson of the Arab media monitoring group for a 2 year period.

Recognition

In 2011, Rajab received the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award, presented annually by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.[27][28] The award citation praised him for having "worked tirelessly and at considerable personal peril to advance the cause of democratic freedoms and the civil rights of Bahraini citizens".[29] On 13 September, Rajab received the British Silbury Prize to "facilitate his on-going humanitarian and human rights work".[30] In December, the Arabic American organisation for democracy and human rights listed him among the fifteen "leaders of the Arab Spring". Other activists from Bahrain included Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and Mohamed al-Maskati.[31] In 2012, the BCHR led by Rajab won Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Advocacy Award. The award sponsored by Bindmans LLP aims to "recognise campaigners or activists who have fought repression, or have struggled to challenge political climates and perceptions."[32][33]

Reports of government harrassment prior to 2011

Marks on the back of Nabeel Rajab after allegedly being beaten by police at a 15 July 2005 protest
Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Alkhawaja helping an old woman after a protest in 14 August 2010

According to Front Line, Nabeel Rajab has been the subject of ongoing harassment since 2005, including physical attacks and smear campaigns in the media (official TV, radio channels, Bahrain News Agency and newspapers close to government).[34][35][36] In a postal campaign targeting Rajab and his wife thousands of letters were allegedly distributed.[37]

According to an Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada report, on 15 July 2005, Nabeel and several others were beaten by Special Forces whilst attending a peaceful demonstration in solidarity with the Committee for the Unemployed.[38][39] BCHR stated that Rajab suffered a spinal injury, a broken finger, a fractured arm and a head injury[39] and was hospitalised for two weeks as a result.

During a government crackdown in the summer of 2010, Rajab's photograph was published a number of times by the pro-government Al-Watan Newspaper accusing him of supporting a terrorist network and being "active in publishing false reports and information".[40] Gulf Daily News also published Rajab's photo naming him as one of the "supporters" of aforementioned network.[41] A few days later, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) published a PowerPoint file about the alleged terrorist network.[42][43] According to BCHR and Human Rights Watch, the file referred to Rajab as having been officially accused of involvement in the terrorist network. The claim was removed the following day.[40][44]

During this time, the authorities imposed a ban preventing Nabeel Rajab from engaging in any new business in Bahrain that made it difficult for him to earn a living. The ban was subsequently lifted without any official explanation.[45][46]

In mid-August 2010, a number of opposition activists were again arrested. According to Rajab, an order for his arrest was issued on 8 September but was cancelled on 18 October.[47] Rajab was also subject to a travel ban during this period.[48][49]

Involvement in the Bahraini uprising

Nabeel Rajab (left) along with Ali Abdulemam (middle) and Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (right) taking part in a pro-democracy march on 23 February 2011

Background

Main article: Bahraini uprising (2011–present)

Beginning in February 2011, Bahrain saw sustained pro-democracy protests, centered at Pearl Roundabout in the capital of Manama, as part of the wider Arab Spring. Authorities responded with a night raid on 17 February (later known as Bloody Thursday), which left four protesters dead and more than 300 injured.[50] Protests continued for a month reaching over 100,000 participants in a nation of about 500,000 citizens,[51][52][53] until more than a thousand troops and police from the Gulf Cooperation Council arrived at the request of government and a three-month state of emergency was declared.[54] Authorities then cracked down on the protests.[55][56] However, smaller-scale protests and clashes continued to occur almost daily, mostly in areas outside Manama's business districts, with some rare marches in the center of the capital city.[57][58] As of April 2012, more than 80 people had died since the start of the uprising.[59]

Role in the uprising

Throughout the uprising Rajab was a "a vocal critic of the human rights violations".[33] Unlike other opposition parties who organized protests in Shia villages, Rajab insisted on staging them within the capital.[60] He led several small protests in Manama, putting him in standoffs with security forces.[60]

In the early hours of 20 March 2011, a group of 20 to 25 masked men, some armed with rifles and accompanied by dozens of uniformed Bahraini security forces, broke into Rajab's house. Rajab was detained and his files and a computer were confiscated. He reported that they blindfolded and handcuffed him and put him into the back of a vehicle before verbally abusing, beating and threatening to rape him. He claimed that they kicked him when he refused to say that he loved the prime minister. He was taken to a Ministry of Interior detention facility in Adliya, a suburb of Manama. After being briefly questioned about someone he did not know, he was released.[61][62][63]

On April 10, officials publicly accused Rajab of fabricating photos posted on his Twitter account of the body of Ali Isa Ibrahim Saqer, who died in detention on April 9. The Ministry of Interior announced that Rajab would be referred to the Military Prosecutor for legal action.[64] The photos showed slash marks all over Sager's back and other signs of physical abuse, and were also stated to be accurate by an HRW researcher who had seen the body prior to burial.[65][66] Five prison guards were subsequently charged with Saqer's death.[67]

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video icon Front Line interview with Nabeel Rajab about attacks on his house on YouTube
Tear gas fired at Rajab's house on 18 April (left) and 21 May (right)

In incidents on 18 April, 21 May and 15 December[68] tear gas grenades were fired at Rajab's house in the village of Bani Jamra by unknown assailants. In the first incident, HRW identified the grenades thrown into the Rajab family's compound as US-manufactured munitions to which only Bahrain's security forces would have had access. Tear gas penetrated into the adjacent home of Rajab's 78-year-old mother who suffers from respiratory disease, causing her great distress.[65][69] On 21 May, four gas grenades were fired at the house. This time, according to Rajab, the grenades were smaller than those used in the mid-April assault and there were no marks identifying the manufacturer.[63][70][71]

According to the BCHR, authorities organized an anonymous smear campaign targeting Nabeel Rajab and Maryam al-Khawaja in May 2011.[72] Later in the month Rajab stated that his uncle, Mohammad Hassan Mohammad Jawad (65 years old), an arrested activist, was being tortured because of their relationship.[73] He also stated that he was prevented by Muharraq airport security staff from traveling to Beirut to attend an IFEX meeting in May[74][75][76] and an Amnesty International conference in June.[77]

On 31 May, just after the King of Bahrain had called for dialogue without preconditions to begin in early July[78] the military National Safety Court issued an order for Nabeel Rajab's arrest along with those of prominent Al Wefaq parliamentarians.[79][80] Rajab was accused of spreading false news and statements about the situation in Bahrain and promoting hatred and disrespect of a specific religious sect, in addition to humiliating the king of Bahrain.[81] All the detainees were released the same day.[82][83]

Irish Delegation meet with Nabeel Rajab at his home on 14 July.[84]

In November, Rajab took part in a six-member international fact finding mission. It released a 27-page report and gave eleven recommendations addressing human rights violations in Bahrain.[85][86]

Bruising on Rajab's face after allegedly being beaten by police on 6 January 2012

On 6 January 2012, after leading a night peaceful[32] protest in Fareeq el-Makharqa in Manama, Rajab was hospitalized and briefly detained[87] with injuries from an alleged beating, which the opposition blamed on security forces.[88] Via their Twitter account, the Ministry of the Interior denied the accusation, saying police found Nabeel Rajab "lying on the ground" and referred him to hospital.[89]

Following the media attention on protests during the Formula 1 race in April 2012, the government launched a "legal crackdown"[90] in which Rajab was arrested and released several times.

5 May arrest

On 5 May, Rajab was arrested at Bahrain International Airport on his arrival from Lebanon the day before a scheduled court hearing relating to a march he had attended in March.[91] Julian Assange said he believed Rajab's arrest was linked to his appearance on Assange's World Tomorrow television talk-show[92] and Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) associated it with an interview with the BBC's HARDtalk.[93] The following day the Ministry of the Interior issued a statement that Rajab had been arrested for "committing a number of crimes".[94] Before the arrest, Rajab had stated he wouldn't attend the trial, because the Judiciary of Bahrain was "a tool used against human rights defenders and people calling for democracy and justice".[60]

On 6 May, Rajab was charged with "insulting a statutory body via Twitter," his lawyer said.[95] The online newspaper Manama Voice identified Rajab's tweets criticizing the Ministry of Interior as the likely cause.[96] Rajab pleaded not guilty to the charge against him,[91] but the prosecutor decided to keep him in detention for 7 days.[97] On 12 May,[98] the public prosecution extended his detention by one week.[95] On 16 May, fifty-five lawyers were present in court in solidarity with Rajab who pleaded not guilty again and stated that the charge against him was "malicious".[99] Despite being granted bail on 20 May, Rajab was kept in detention on a further charge of "organizing illegal protests". Activists accused the Bahraini authorities of trying to find any way of keeping Rajab off the streets.[100]

Political cartoon by Carlos Latuff after Rajab was arrested in May 2012

Spokesman of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said she was concerned at the arrest of Rajab.[101] Amnesty International designated Rajab a prisoner of conscience and called for his immediate and unconditional release.[102] Human rights groups Arab Program for Human Rights Activists,[103] BCHR,[104] Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies,[93] FIDH,[91] Freedom House,[93] GCHR,[104] and the political party Al Wefaq[96] demanded his release. Bahrain Forum for Human Rights called Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations to intervene for the release of Rajab.[105] BCHR criticized the United States "silent reaction" towards the arrest. "[T]he lack of pressure from the US administration appears to be linked with the Bahraini government’s willingness to escalate," it added.[20] Political cartoonist Carlos Latuff created a cartoon about Rajab.[106]

On 28 May, Rajab was released on bail after spending twenty four days in detention.[107]

6 June arrest

After being briefly released, Rajab was re-arrested on 6 June 2012 on a charge of "publicly insulting residents of a Sunni-dominated neighbourhood for their ties to the ruling dynasty", the fifth charge brought against him in a period of one month.[108] Human Rights Watch and other rights group participating in Bahrain's Universal Periodic Review session demanded release of Rajab.[109] He was released on bail on 27 June still facing three charges relating to Twitter activity and two about organizing "illegal" protests.[110]

9 July arrest

On 7 July, Rajab was banned from traveling,[111] and two days later a court sentenced him to a 3 month prison sentence for a Tweet criticizing the prime minister that the court found had insulted Bahrainis.[13] Rajab's lawyer said the verdict was unexpected because the charge of insult was normally punished by a fine.[2] Human Rights First and nineteen members of the United States Congress called for Rajab's release.[112] Four Bahraini rights group issued a joint statement condemning the sentence[113] and five political parties held a sit-in in solidarity with Rajab.[114]

16 August sentence

On 16 August, Rajab was sentenced to one year in prison on each of three charges for a total of three years.[115] Charges were "involvement in illegal practices and inciting gatherings and calling for unauthorized marches through social networking sites", "participation in an illegal assembly", and "participation in an illegal gathering and calling for a march without prior notification."[116] Public prosecutors stated that Rajab's "provocation of his supporters" had incited violence, including the road blockades and petrol bomb attacks.[115] "The Public Prosecution produced evidence that the accused had called in public speeches for a demonstration to confront public security personnel, inciting violence and escalation against law enforcement officers, resulting in deaths during those confrontations", a public prosecutor said.[117]

Reactions

Domestic

Samira Rajab, the country's Minister of State for Information (and Rajab's cousin twice over)[118] declared that Rajab had enjoyed a fair trial with unrestricted access to legal assistance.[119] She said that action had been taken against him because although claiming to be a human rights activist he had in fact been engaging in political activity[120][121], a justification similar to that offered by an officially-appointed MP for the trial of Bahrain health workers.[122]

Rajab's wife accused the minister of lying to the international media and fabricating film footage played during a press conference.[118] She said that the court proceedings had clearly demonstrated the absence of justice and an independent judiciary.[117] Rajab's son quoted his father as saying, "Jail me 3 years or 30, I will never give up".[116] Mr. Jishi, Rajab's lawyer, said the government was "sending a message", further emphasised by the King of Bahrain's speech that week referring to a duty to "protect peaceful, good-natured citizens who do not seek to usurp power".[123]

BCHR said that the only reason Rajab had been targeted was to prevent him from continuing his legitimate and peaceful human rights work.[124] The Al Wefaq political party said Rajab's sentence was further evidence of the government's unwillingness to find a solution to the crisis, noting that political detainees were prisoners of conscience and the regime had no right to use them as hostages "as part of its security solution to the ongoing political crisis".[117] Justin Gengler, a Bahrain researcher based in Qatar,[125][126] remarked that Bahrain's 'reformist' king was unfortunately beginning to sound eerily like his uncle.[127] A number of political and human rights activists held a sit-in in solidarity with Rajab at National Democratic Action Society headquarters on 18 August.[128]

International

The United States and European Union criticized the sentence. A United States Department of State spokesperson described the sentence as deeply troubling,[129] affirming the fundamental freedom of all to participate in civil acts of peaceful disobedience. The State Department called on the government of Bahrain "to take steps to build confidence across Bahraini society" and "begin a really meaningful dialogue with the political opposition and civil society" as actions like Rajab's sentencing would cause further divisions within Bahraini society.[117]

The European Union noted the verdict with concern and expected it to be "reconsidered in the appeal process".[130] A spokesperson for the French Foreign Office affirmed the right of freedom of expression and called for dialogue as a mean to solve the political crisis. "We are disturbed by the harsh sentence imposed on Mr. Rajab and hope it will be reviewed on appeal," spokesperson added.[131] A spokesperson for the UK Foreign Office expressed concern at the length of the sentence and called on opposition activists to avoid inciting "violence or other illegal acts". "We urge the Bahraini Government to act proportionately in all cases. The right of individuals to peaceful protest and freedom of expression is a fundamental part of any modern democracy and must be respected," spokesperson added.[132]

The sentence was sharply criticized by rights groups.[115] Forty three rights groups signed a joint appeal to release Rajab.[133] Brian Dooley of Human Rights First found the verdict shocking even by Bahrain's "abysmal" standards on human rights. The regime could not be seen as serious about human rights reform when it jailed one of the world's most prominent activists to prison for three years.[115] Referring to a "dark day for justice" in Bahrain, Amnesty International said that that the use of such blatant ruthless tactics to suppress dissenting voices could leave the international community under no illusion that Bahrain was on the path of reform.[134] Human Rights Watch argued that the government had yet to show that Nabeel Rajab had done any more than exercise his right to free expression and peaceful assembly and demanded his release.[135]

FIDH,[136] Front Line Defenders,[118] Gulf Centre for Human Rights,[137] Index on Censorship,[137] International Freedom of Expression Exchange,[137] Julian Assange,[138] Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights,[139] Reporters Without Borders[140] and World Organisation Against Torture[137] criticized the sentence and called for Rajab's immediate release. Jane Kinninmont of Chatham House reported speculation that the case might be used as a political bargaining chip in efforts to prepare the ground for a fresh political dialogue urged by Bahrain's western allies.[141]

Criticism of the United States

Rajab was critical of the US role in Bahrain throughout the uprising. On 26 July 2011, in an interview with Al Jazeera English, he expressed disappointment at US silence and the inconsistent way in which US standards of democracy and human rights were applied to countries which they had problems but not to dictatorships with whom they had good relations.[142] On 21 December 2011, in an interview with National Post, he criticised US support for royal dictatorships in the region and contrasted the hard attitude shown towards Syria and Libya with the soft attitude towards allies.[143]

In a World Tomorrow episode broadcast on 8 May 2012, Rajab accused the US of opposing democracy in Bahrain when it asked Russia not to sell arms for Syria while selling arms to Bahrain,[93] and in July, shortly before Rajab's arrest, he noted that the presence of US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain made the struggle against the monarchy more difficult because US support, accompanied by the support, or silence, of the international community, was seen as giving the green light for repression and attacks on human rights defenders.[123]

Online activity

Rajab is an active user of online media in his human rights work, in particular social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. He stopped posting in Internet forums in order to promote support for social network-based campaigning.[144]. He devotes significant time and effort to his Twitter account, created in March 2009,[144] and in the 2011 Forbes magazine list of the 100 top Arabs on Twitter[144] was ranked number 43, with 36040 followers[145] (currently about 170,000 - August 2012[137]). He ranked number 2 in Bahrain behind foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, who congratulated him after the results were posted.[146]

In April 2011, the Bahraini Interior Ministry announced that Rajab would be prosecuted by a military court for publishing an image on his Twitter account of the Bahraini Ali Issa Saqer, who had died in Bahrain prison. The Ministry accused Rajab of fabricating the signs of torture seen on Saqer's body. Rajab denied the accusation and held the Bahraini security services responsible for Saqer's death. Bahraini activists maintained that the photographs showed that Saqer had been tortured and killed while in police custody.[147][148][149]

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) described the charge against Rajab, the first ever in the Arab world involving "tweeting" (publishing information on Twitter), as an illustration of the Bahraini government's implacable hostility towards freedom of expression and Internet freedom.[150]

Rajab was detained on 5 May 2012 and charged the next day in relation to a number of "tweets". He remained under arrest for seven days.[96]

Additional Images

  • Rajab hospitalized after allegedly being beaten by police at a demonstration on 15 July 2005
    Rajab hospitalized after allegedly being beaten by police at a demonstration on 15 July 2005
  • Nabeel Rajab (right) along with Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (left) at a pro-democracy march
    Nabeel Rajab (right) along with Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (left) at a pro-democracy march
  • Nabeel Rajab's (left) visit to Freedom House along with Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (right)
    Nabeel Rajab's (left) visit to Freedom House along with Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (right)
  • Nabeel Rajab with his mother after the first attack on his house on 18 April 2011
    Nabeel Rajab with his mother after the first attack on his house on 18 April 2011
  • Military court order for Nabeel Rajab 31 May 2011
    Military court order for Nabeel Rajab 31 May 2011

See also

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