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Ban urges Bahrain authorities to resolve case of jailed human rights defender

While expressing concern about the situation in Bahrain, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the Gulf state's authorities to resolve the case of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, a human rights defender serving a life sentence handed down by a military court on alleged terrorism-related charges, who has been on a hunger strike for eleven weeks.


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