Activist Nabeel Rajab, founder of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, freed on bail - @Reuters

Bahrain rights activist Rajab released on bail

AFP, Monday 28 May 2012

Activists hold pictures of human rights activists Nabeel Rajab and Zaynab al-Khawaja during a protest asking the government to free them in the village of Sanabis west of Manama May 16, 2012. (Photo: Reuters)

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Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab, facing three separate trials on charges including taking part in an illegal gathering and writing tweets deemed insulting to the government, was granted bail on Monday, his lawyer said.

"He has just been released on bail," Mohammed al-Jishi told AFP by telephone from Manama.

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