Nabeel Rajab’s appeal rejected

Manama : The High Criminal Court of Appeals yesterday upheld the jail sentence against Nabeel Rajab who was convicted for purposefully spreading false rumours regarding the Kingdom’s internal situations, aimed at tarnishing its reputation, Chief of Prosecution Abdulrahman Al Maawda said.

The court rejected Rajab’s appeal and upheld the first instance court’s sentence in favour of convicting and penalizing him.

Earlier, “the Public Prosecution had questioned Rajab in the presence of his attorney, confronted him with the available evidence against him and referred him to the relevant court”.

“The first instance court deliberated the case in the presence of his defence attorney who presented his defence argument. The defendant was provided with all the legal sureties until the court issued its implementable sentence to incarcerate him for two years. The defendant appealed the first instance court’s sentence at the Court of Appeals which issued its above verdict by rejecting the appeal and upholding the first sentence,” the Public Prosecution explained in a statement issued here yesterday.

DT News reported earlier that Rajab disseminated false news during war time, which could potentially jeopardise the ongoing military operations carried out by Bahrain army as well as weakening the social fabric of the country. 

Rajab was accused of degrading several sister countries publicly. 

He had alleged that the Ministry of Interior was torturing prisoners, humiliating them, denying them education and degrading dignity. 

Nabeel Rajab had depicted the measures taken by the security forces during the Jaw Prison riots two years ago as torture.