Testimonies of international human rights defenders on the imprisoned defender Nabeel Rajab
14 dec 2012
Many international human rights defenders were banned from entering Bahrain to deliver testimony in the court for the imprisoned human rights defender Nabeel Rajab during his trial of appeal. They have recorded their testimonies in videos and sent them to the court, you can watch them below:
Joe Stork Deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa
Mary Lawlor Executive Director of Frontline defenders
Brian Dooley Director Human Rights Defenders Program, Human Rights First
Kristina Stockwood Campaigns Coordinator and IFEX Tunisia Monitoring Group Coordinator, International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Clearing House
Amina Bo'ayyash Vice President, the International Federations for Human Rights(FIDH)
Joshua Colangelo-Bryan American Lawyer
Khalid Ibrahim Deputy Director of Gulf Center for Human Rights
In addition, The court watched videos of collected clips of Nabeel's speeches during protests and gatherings, and listened to his calls for peaceful protests: