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December 16, 2011

Daughter of Prominent Activist Arrested in Bahrain Protest Crackdown 
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In Bahrain, government forces used tear gas and stun grenades Thursday
to disperse a rally of hundreds of people protesting the Sunni monarchy.
Among those detained was 
Zainab Alkhawaja, the daughter of a leading Bahraini activist who was
sentenced to life in prison following his arrest earlier this year.
Zainab Alkhawaja, who has appeared on Democracy Now!, has led protests
to call for her father's release. The crackdown on the protest comes
just as the U.S. State Department’s top human rights envoy, Michael
Posner, visited Bahrain.



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