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– Systemic targeting of rights advocates and online activists continues in Oman (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 24, 2017

The Internal Security Service (ISS) has arrested human rights defender Ahmed Al-Bahri and Internet activist Khalid Al-Ramadani for their peaceful and legitimate activities in the field of human rights and their writing on social media networks.
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