Ali Qasim Rabea is a leftist political activist in Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

, currently a leader of the Haq Movement

Haq Movement

The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy is an opposition political organization in Bahrain founded in 2005 with Hasan Mushaima as its Secretary general...

. Before joining Haq he was part of Wa'ad. 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.

He is one the signatories on a 2008 petition calling for Prime Minister Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah

Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah

‎Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa is the Prime Minister of Bahrain since 1971, hence is the longest-serving unelected prime minister in the world...

 to be sacked from office.

Publications

• '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'