Nabeel Ahmed Abdulrasool Rajab is a Bahraini human rights activist and opposition figure. He is the president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), a member of the Advisory Committee of Human Rights Watch's Middle East Division, deputy secretary general for the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), member of the Advisory Board of the Bahrain Rehabilitation and Anti-Violence Organization (BRAVO), co-founder of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), and former chairman of CARAM Asia.
Nabeel Rajab in July 2011
Nabeel Rajab's (left) visit to Freedom House along with Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (right)
Marks on the back of Nabeel Rajab after allegedly being beaten by police at a 15 July 2005 protest
Nabeel Rajab (left) along with Ali Abdulemam (middle) and Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (right) taking part in a pro-democracy march on 23 February 2011
Bahrain Centre for Human Rights
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights was a Bahraini non-profit non-governmental organisation which works to promote human rights in Bahrain, which was founded by a number of Bahraini activists in June 2002. The centre was given a dissolution order after its former president Abdulhadi Al Khawaja was arrested in September 2004 a day after criticizing the country's Prime Minister, Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah at a seminar in which he blamed the Prime Minister for the failure of widespread economic development for all citizens. The BCHR is still banned by the government, but has remained very active.
Beating marks on the back of Nabeel Rajab after police attacked a peaceful protest on 15 July 2005
Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Alkhawaja helping an old woman after police attacked a peaceful protest on 14 August 2010