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Bahrain: Petition for Human Rights Activist

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007 @ 22:20 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Bahrain
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Human Rights, Youth

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البحرين: عريضة تضامن مع ناشط في حقوق الإنسان...

The Arab Program for Human Rights has launched a petition in solidarity with Bahraini human rights activist Mohammed Al Maskati, who is facing trial for operating the Bahrain Youth Society Human Rights without a government permit. Mideast Youth hosts it here.

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Amber Griffin

Human Rights for all!

# 2007-12-29 at 17:02 pm

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