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Bahrain Refuses to Extradite Activist on Hunger Strike

HeadlineApr 09, 2012

Bahrain is refusing to extradite jailed political activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja despite a request from Copenhagen to hand him over. Alkhawaja, who is also a Danish citizen, has been on a hunger strike for more than two months. Over the weekend his daughter, Zainab Alkhawaja, was briefly detained and interrogated after she tried to see him at the military hospital where he is being held. Security guards reportedly tied her hands and legs to a wheelchair. Sunday marked the 60th day of Alkhawaja’s hunger strike and the first anniversary of his arrest.

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