Nabeel Rajab
Supporters of an activist detained in Bahrain as part of an intensifying crackdown on dissent say he’s been taken to the hospital with an irregular heartbeat. Sayed Alwadaei, of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, said yesterday that activist Nabeel Rajab was at the cardiac care clinic of an unidentified hospital after being “in isolation for 15 days.” Rajab is the president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. He helped lead protests during Bahrain’s 2011 demonstrations as the island’s majority Shiite population and others demanded more political freedoms from its Sunni rulers.
Israel bans access to Jerusalem holy site
Israeli police yesterday banned non-Muslims from a contentious Jerusalem holy site until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan following two days of clashes with Palestinian rioters at the site. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said rocks and other objects were hurled toward police forces and Jewish worshippers in a nearby plaza. A 73-year-old woman was lightly wounded and police arrested 16 suspects in the disturbances that have been going on for three days, Rosenfeld said.
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