Iran Press/ Iran news: Nabeel Rajab left prison and will serve the rest of his sentence from home, his family said.
Rajab had been sentenced to five years in prison over his tweets alleging abuse at Bahrain’s Jaw prison and criticizing civilian casualties in the Yemen war waged by a Saudi-led coalition.
Rajab separately was serving a two-year prison sentence for television interviews he gave that included criticism of Bahraini monarch regime.
Bahrain, an island kingdom off the coast of Saudi Arabia that’s home to the US. Navy’s 5th Fleet, did not immediately acknowledge Rajab’s release.
Since February 14, 2011, Bahraini people have been holding peaceful protest rallies on an almost daily basis, demanding that the Al Khalifah family relinquish power and let a just system representing all people be established.
Manama has gone to great lengths to clamp down on any sign of dissent. On March 14, 2011, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were deployed to assist Bahrain in its crackdown.
Scores of people have lost their lives and hundreds of others sustained injuries or got arrested as a result of the crackdown.
Western-allied Bahrain has come under pressure from human rights organizations over prison conditions including overcrowding, poor sanitation and lack of medical care amid Corona outbreak.
Thousands of anti-regime protesters have held demonstrations in Bahrain on an almost daily basis ever since a popular uprising began in the country in mid-February 2011.
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