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Clashes Break Out at Funeral for Bahraini Protester

HeadlineApr 27, 2012

Clashes erupted in Bahrain on Thursday after the funeral for a protester reportedly beaten to death by police. Bahraini protesters threw Molotov cocktails, and police fired tear gas and stun grenades, after mourners took part in a march to honor Bahraini activist Salah Abbas Habib following his death on Saturday. Opposition leaders say Habib’s body showed signs of torture. In other Bahrain news, Zainab Alkhawaja, a Bahraini activist and the daughter of jailed hunger striker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, has been ordered to remain behind bars for seven days for protesting her father’s imprisonment. The elder Alkhawaja has been on a hunger strike for more than two months while serving a life sentence for his role in the uprising.

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