m Naji Fateel, a human rights activist who was jailed for more than a decade in the aftermath of Bahrain s Arab Spring uprising, said his reunion with his son "was an indescribable moment" after he was released in a mass pardon of more than 1,500 prisoners.
Amid deepening tensions in the Middle East, Bahraini activists said that the mass pardon, while welcome, was incomplete, and called for the release of several jailed opposition leaders.
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