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September 5, 2014

Bahrain Detains, Strips Citizenship of Human Rights Activist Maryam Alkhawaja 
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Bahrain has detained the leading human rights activist Maryam Alkhawaja
after she tried to enter the country. Alkhawaja says customs officials
told her she no longer holds citizenship. Alkhawaja was trying to visit
her ailing father, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who remains on a hunger strike
in prison. Bahrain is a key U.S. government ally, hosting the Navy's
Fifth Fleet.

 

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