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Groups call on Michelle Bachelet for heightened UN scrutiny of human rights violations in Bahrain (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 31, 2019

NGOs call on UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to continue to monitor the situation in Bahrain and to raise concerns at the highest level, both publicly and privately.
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