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BAHRAIN – FREE IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ABDULHADI AL KHAWAJA

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BAHRAIN – FREE IMPRISONED HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER ABDULHADI AL KHAWAJA SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AFTER UNFAIR TRIAL

On 22 June Former President of the Bahrain Centre for Human rights and Front Line Protection Coordinator for the Middle East, Abdulhadi Al Khawaja was sentenced to life imprisonment after an unfair trial which which completely failed to meet international fair trial standards.

Front Line is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja and all other human rights defenders currently in detention in Bahrain and condemns in the strongest possible terms the lack of due process and the serious and credible allegations of torture which the court has consistently refused to investigate.

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SEND THIS URGENT APPEAL to the King of Bahrain demanding the immediate release of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja

Front Line believes that Abdulhadi Al Khawaja has been targeted because of exercising his legitimate right to freedom of expression and association in Bahrain. His trial to which international observers have been denied access, is ongoing.

Abdulhadi Al Khawaja is pictured here with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya. …more