馃嚙馃嚟Bahrain's Nabeel Rajab loses final appeal in 'insult' case | Al Jazeera English
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Bahrain's top court has rejected a final appeal by a prominent activist who was imprisoned for criticising Saudi Arabia's air attacks in Yemen and accusing Bahrain鈥檚 prison authorities of torture. The verdict on Monday upheld a five-year prison sentence handed to Nabeel Rajab in February, according to a lawyer and a judicial source. Bahrain, where a Sunni Muslim royal family rules over a Shia-majority population, has kept a tight lid on dissent since the Shia opposition staged a failed uprising in 2011. Rajab, a leading figure in the 2011 pro-democracy protests, was sentenced for comments he made online accusing Bahraini authorities of prison abuse and criticising Saudi Arabia's role in the war in Yemen. Al Jazeera's Andrew Chappelle reports. - Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/
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