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– Long jail terms for two Bahraini journalists convicted on no evidence (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News November 13, 2017

Blogger Ali Al Mearaj and newspaper journalist Mahmood Al Jazeeri were sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 years in prison respectively.
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