The Chairs of the European Parliament’s Sub-committee on Human Rights, Maria Arena (S&D, Belgium), and of the Delegation for relations with the Arabian Peninsula, Hannah Neumann (Greens/EFA, Germany), and the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS), welcomed the release of Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab on Wednesday 10 June.
Sentenced to five years in prison for criticising on social networks the Saudi bombings in Yemen (see EUROPE B11967A20), his...