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DUBAI, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – A Bahraini court Monday postponed its verdict in the trial of prominent human rights activist Nabeel Rajab charged with spreading false information and posting insults online, a judicial source said. The criminal court that had been expected to issue a ruling at Monday’s hearing decided in Rajab’s presence to defer the decision until December 15. The court ordered the appointment of an expert from the interior ministry’s cyber crimes unit to determine who was operating Rajab’s Twitter account, the source said. The Shiite human rights activist, who had been pardoned for health reasons last year, was re-arrested in June and is on trial on a list of charges,including insulting a state institution and Saudi Arabia in online postings.