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 TwitterSubscribe to VICE News on YouTubeFollow VICE News on TwitterLike VICE News on Facebook
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Bahrain: An Inconvenient Uprising (Teaser)
VICE News speaks with activist Nabeel Rajab, who has been jailed in Bahrain for a tweet.