By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH (Reuters) - A daughter of prominent Bahraini rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is planning to return to the Gulf state ...
By Aziz El Yaakoubi RIYADH -A daughter of prominent Bahraini rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is planning to return to the Gulf stateBy Aziz El Yaakoubi
His daughter Maryam said she will travel to Bahrain because her father was denied access to urgent and critical medical treatment, part of the reason why he is on hunger strike. A group of activists said they will join her, including Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard and Front Line Defenders' Olive Moore, the two organisations told Reuters on Friday.
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