Nabeel Rajab, a prominent Bahraini opposition leader, has been sentenced to three months in prison for “insulting” some Bahrainis in a tweet criticising the prime minister, Rajab’s lawyer and the state news agency have said.
Police took Rajab, the head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), into custody after the court’s ruling on Tuesday, according to a colleague from the BCHR.
Rajab, who has been a major figure in organising demonstrations during the country’s 16-month protest movement, spent three weeks in jail in June under investigation.
