DUBAI, Aug 16, 2012 (AFP) - A Bahrain court on Thursday sentenced prominent Shiite rights activist Nabil Rajab to three years in prison over "unauthorised" protests against the Sunni Al-Khalifa monarchy, a lawyer said.
"The court has sentenced Nabil Rajab to three years in jail over three cases of taking part in unauthorised protests," lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi wrote on his Twitter page.
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