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– Unjust executions spark mass protests and Bahraini authorities respond with force (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 20, 2017

On 15 January 2017, shortly after the Bahraini government announced that the executions of three men had been carried out, 150 peaceful marches set out in 38 locations across Bahrain.
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