Ali Rabea
Ali Qasim Rabea (Arabic: علي قاسم ربيعة) is a leftist political activist in Bahrain, currently a leader of the Haq Movement. Before joining Haq he was part of Wa'ad, Bahrain's largest leftist political party. Rabea was elected to the 1973 National Assembly before it was dissolved. He has been an opposition activist calling for the restoration of democracy in Bahrain. In October 1998, the government of Bahrain arrested him along with fellow opposition activist Isa Al Jowder, for signing a petition demanding political reform in the country.[1]
He is one of the signatories on a 2008 petition calling for Prime Minister Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah to be sacked from office.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Celebration of the Arab Program for Human Rights Activists". Archived from the original on 2006-11-29. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
- ↑ "Initial signatories of the petition for the removal of the Prime Minister". Archived from the original on 2008-09-19. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
Publications
[edit]- 'Popular Petition Committee in Bahrain's National Struggle'
- 'Ali Rabea Discusses the Nineties', Alwaqt newspaper: Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, last
- 'Democracy and Discrimination in Bahrain'
- 'Whither the National Movement'