Bahrain: Maryam Al-Khawaja prevented from boarding flight for visit to demand father’s release

By Amnesty International

Maryam Al-Khawaja has been barred from boarding a British Airways flight to Bahrain for a visit that she had publicly announced to pressure the Bahraini authorities to release her detained father, Danish-Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Amnesty International, Front Line Defenders, and ActionAid Denmark announced today. She was being accompanied by a delegation of […] The post Bahrain: Maryam Al-Khawaja prevented from boarding flight for visit to demand father’s release appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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