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– Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor taken to court; economist Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith denied visits (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 13, 2018

Mansour had been languishing in an unknown place of detention for a year and Dr. Bin Ghaith has recently begun a hunger strike to protest his sentence.
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