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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10592

12 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 24
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) bahrain
EU urges authorities to take action on human rights activist

Brussels, 11/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 10 April, President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz and EU High Representative Catherine Ashton called on the authorities in Bahrain to take action to ensure that the life of the human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is protected. He has been on a hunger strike for two months to protest against his life sentence for the role he played in the protest movement last year. His health is continuing to deteriorate.

While Schulz said:...

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