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Bahraini political activist goes on trial after calling for reform
Amnesty Internationa
21 August 2015, 13:02 UTC
The prosecution of Ebrahim Sharif, a political activist detained after making a speech calling for reform in Bahrain, demonstrates the authorities’ dogged determination to quash dissent and curtail freedom of expression in the country, said Amnesty International ahead of the start of his trial on 24 August.
Ebrahim Sharif, who is a former Secretary General of a secular political opposition party, the National Democratic Action Society (Wa’ad), was arrested in July 2015 after giving a speech at a public gathering to commemorate the death of Hussam al-Haddad, a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by riot police in 2012.
Read more at:
https://www.amnesty.org/latest/news/2015/08/bahraini-political-activist-goes-on-trial-after-calling-for-reform/
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