Bahraini human rights activists speak

This video from Bahrain is called Nabeel Rajab‘s speech after his mother’s funeral. It has subtitles in English.

By John Horne:

Bahrain 1st-Hand: Nabeel Rajab’s Wife Describes The “Judicial Farce” of His Appeal

Friday, October 19, 2012

Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, was in court on Tuesday to appeal his three-year sentence for organising and participating in protests, only to hear that the appeal is postponed to 8 November. One witness, Stéphanie David of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) was denied entry to Bahrain, and the judge refused the defence’s request for the testimony on others on the grounds that this would not be “relevant”.

In a statement, The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders said the appeal proceedings “blatantly violate[d] the rights of the defence” and called on “the Bahraini authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mr. Rajab and to put an end to all acts of judicial harassment against him”.

Last night, Nabeel’s wife Sameera posted an account of the hearing:

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The UK should put Bahrain blood before oil: here.