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September 19, 2013

Bahraini Opposition Suspends Talks With Monarchy 
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Bahrain's top opposition party has suspended talks with the government
following the arrest of its deputy leader. Al Wefaq says it will halt a
national dialogue with the Sunni monarchy over the detention of Khalil
al-Marzouq on charges of inciting terrorism. The Bahraini government has
waged a crackdown on opposition protesters since an uprising broke out
in February 2011. In an audio message to supporters released this week,
the jailed Bahraini human rights activist Zainab Alkhawaja recited a
passage from a poem in dedication to her father, human rights attorney
Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who is serving a life sentence.

Zainab Alkhawaja: "If one day, the people desire to live, then fate will
answer their calls, and the night will begin to fade away, and their
chains to break and fall."

 

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