Website that hosted Bahrain 2011 protest report goes offline before anniversary
Bahrain has increasingly sought to erase memories of the mass protests that a decade ago this week threatened the Sunni monarchy s grip on power.
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In this 2015 file photo, Bahraini anti-government protesters, one holding a national flag, clash with riot police firing tear gas in a suburb of Manama, Bahrain. By Associated Press
DUBAI: A website that hosted an independent report on Bahrain s 2011 Arab Spring protests and the government crackdown that ended them went mysteriously offline before being restored on Thursday, just days before the 10th anniversary of the demonstrations.
Dear Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen,
We the undersigned, more than 100 organisations from around the world, are appealing for your assistance to secure the release of prominent human rights defender and dual Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja from prison in Bahrain, where he is serving a life sentence for his peaceful political and human rights activities in violation of his right to freedom of expression. As he completes the tenth year of his imprisonment, we appeal to you directly as head of the Government of Denmark to renew and strengthen efforts to ensure his immediate and unconditional release so he can be reunited with his family and receive much needed medical treatment and torture rehabilitation in Denmark.
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