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– NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 5, 2018

On Al-Khawaja’s 57th birthday, human rights organisations around the world call for his immediate release and for all human rights defenders jailed in Bahrain to be freed.
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