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Bahrain: Police Raid Home of Prominent Human Rights Activist

HeadlineApr 11, 2011

In the Gulf nation of Bahrain, masked police officers raided the home of Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, a prominent Bahraini human rights activist. His daughter said the officers dragged him down the stairs and started beating him. Meanwhile, the president of Bahrain’s Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, is facing a possible military trial for publishing the photograph of a protester who died in custody.

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