MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini authorities on Wednesday questioned a prominent rights activist over comments on his Twitter account that "denigrated" government institutions, the interior ministry said.
Nabeel Rajab, one of the most prominent rights activists in the Arab world and founder of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, was freed in May after he completed two years in jail on charges of organising and participating in illegal protests to push for reforms in the Sunni Muslim-ruled kingdom.
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