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Bahrain Orders Retrial for 21 Activists

HeadlineApr 30, 2012

A Bahraini court has ordered a retrial for 21 opposition activists jailed during the crackdown on protests against the U.S.-backed monarchy last year. The prisoners include Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who is on the 82nd day of a hunger strike protesting his life imprisonment.

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