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September 19, 2014

Bahraini Activist Maryam Alkhawaja Released from Prison 
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In Bahrain, human rights activist Maryam Alkhawaja has been released
from prison. Alkhawaja was detained last month as she tried to enter the
country to visit her father, activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who is on
hunger strike as he serves a life term. On the day of Alkhawaja's
release, 14 other activists were sentenced to life terms, purportedly
for detonating explosives at a protest. Maryam Alkhawaja still faces a
charge of assaulting a police officer, which she denies. Bahrain hosts
the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, which is responsible for all naval forces
in the Gulf. It has waged a crackdown on government critics since a 2011
pro-democracy uprising against the U.S.-backed monarchy.

 

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