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– Bahrain targets families of exiled, jailed activists as form of intimidation (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News March 13, 2017

These renewed acts of retaliation come as part of an ongoing reprisal and threats campaign targeting human rights defenders both directly, and indirectly through their family members, to derail and halt their activism.
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