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Bahrain court jails prominent rights activist

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 protest”.