Bahrain upholds 5-year jail term of activist Nabeel Rajab

Rajab, a leading figure in 2011 protests against the Gulf state's Sunni-minority monarchy, was convicted of insulting the state, "deliberately disseminating ... false or malicious news" and "publicly offending a foreign country", a reference to Saudi Arabia.

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