Jailed for a Tweet: Interview with Nabeel Rajab

Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Nabeel Rajab is a human rights activist awaiting trial in Bahrain, one of the West’s favorite dictatorships. Three years after the Arab Spring, protests there are still being violently repressed, and Rajab now faces up to three years in jail — for a tweet. VICE News spoke to him a few weeks before his latest arrest. Read More: Bahrain’s Human Rights Activist Faces Jail Time — for a Tweet – http://bit.ly/1tJv5JZ Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Nabeel Rajab is a human rights activist awaiting trial in Bahrain, one of the West’s favorite dictatorships. Three years after the Arab Spring, protests there are still being violently repressed, and Rajab now faces up to three years in jail — for a tweet. VICE News spoke to him a few weeks before his latest arrest. Read More: Human Rights Activist Imprisoned for Allegedly Insulting Bahrain Government on Twitter – http://bit.ly/1DxRVp9 Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews

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