Alwaght- A British MP has called on UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office to push Bahraini regime to release prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab.
Bahrain Mirror cited MP Margaret Ferrier, the Scottish National Party politician, as saying in a letter to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office that "the United Kingdom should use its influence to call for Mr. Rajab's release."
She added that the charges raised against Rajab who has been in detention since about 2 months are "related to freedom of expression and that he may face up to 15 years in prison," calling on the UK.
Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab, senior opposition leader, has been arrested several times, he was sentenced to six months in prison in January 2015 for posting tweets critical of the Al Khalifa regime. In May last year, a Bahraini court upheld Rajab’s jail sentence.
Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab, senior Bahraini opposition leader
Bahraini Regime has taken the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights to the custody two months ago following an intensive search of his house in the northwest of the country.
Rajab who is also a co-founder of the Gulf Center for Human Rights and has been critical of Manama’s heavy-handed crackdown on peaceful anti-regime protests.
Rajab is known for his pioneering use of social networking as an important element in human rights campaigning which has brought him into conflict with the authorities.
Since February 14, 2011, thousands of anti-regime protesters have held numerous demonstrations on an almost daily basis in Bahrain, calling for the Al Khalifa family to relinquish power.
