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Bahrain Jails Political Activists

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Law, Politics

A court in Bahrain today sent two political activists to jail [1] for possessing leaflets calling for a boycott of recent legislative elections, reports blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, who describes the sentence as “Disgusting. Another blow for freedom of speech in Bahrain.”