Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab sentenced to 2yrs in jail for spreading ‘false news’

‘A prominent human rights activist has been sentenced to two years in jail after a Bahraini court found him guilty of spreading “false news” about the situation inside the country. Amnesty International has called it a “flagrant violation of human rights.”
Nabeel Rajab was sentenced earlier Monday over television interviews in which prosecutors claim he disseminated rumors and false information regarding Bahrain, AP reported.
The Shia opposition activist was convicted of “disseminating false news, statements and rumors about the internal situation of the kingdom that would undermine its prestige and status,” a judicial source told the official BNA news agency, as cited by AFP.
The 52-year-old was sentenced in absentia, as he has been hospitalized since April, according to the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.’
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