June 17, 2013
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Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab is a Bahraini human rights activist and opposition leader. He is president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. He is also a prominent international human rights activist. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch's Middle East Division, Deputy Secretary General for the International Federation for Human Rights, former chairman of CARAM Asia, member of the Advisory Board of the Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization, and president of Gulf Center for Human Rights.
Rajab started his human rights activity during the 1990s uprising before going on to become involved in campaigning on behalf of migrant workers in GCC countries. He subsequently became a leading campaigner against civil and human rights abuses in Bahrain including torture and deaths in official custody. He 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. Front Line Defenders, Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders have described him as being targeted by Bahraini authorities for his human rights activities.
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![Bahrainis hold 'Right to Self-Determination 13' rally [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-12031000/12031251/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=99e361404d609b6db348bff44b692b26)
![Bahrainis stage massive marches on the 'Friday of Rage' [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-11380000/11380517/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=5f751b9b289d2841141ce94e2f048248)
![Bahrainis hold anti-regime demonstration in Sitra [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-10347000/10347098/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=bc8f8907c103e4a8db995859109d8a4c)
![Bahraini regime condemned after jailing prominent rights activist [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-8944000/8944086/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=c2f15c01151001f9419ba9e21053dfdd)
![Bahrain: Activist Nabeel Rajab sentenced to three years in prison [BBC Arabic, UK]](/images/image_cache/base-8787000/8787360/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=cd53c217fb4161c48daec5274235d2c1)
![Fresh anti-regime protests held in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-8328000/8328321/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=db6567a7cd1c7f00427816248bfad3c7)
![Bahraini protestors vow loyalty to movement's prisoners of conscience [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-7707000/7707419/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=dab2ecaefbd0797027e7ffe288fb9149)
![Bahraini court orders Islamic Action Society to disband [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6879000/6879641/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=b3b6daefab791e9d5dc12d9e61d60576)
![Bahraini activist Rajab vows to continue protests against regime [Press TV, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-6336000/6336841/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=89062ec63e0c15dbb683981bef999cf6)
![Bahraini protestors demand right to self-determination [Al-Alam, Iran]](/images/image_cache/base-5473000/5473252/thumbnail.width=304,height=171,grow=1,crop=center.jpg?sig=d8ee0c6fa8a04e7f02a85d9fbbd133d8 "A protester holds a poster with pictures of people whom she said died in last year's government crackdown as she shouts anti-government slogans during a march called by Bahrain's leading opposition society al Wefaq, on Budaiya highway west of Manama June 8, 2012: REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed")
