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Bahraini rights group slams Manama on torturing dissidents

Monday, 27 June 2016 4:21 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 27 June 2016 4:22 AM ]

A Bahraini protester holds a banner reading in Arabic "Down Hamad", referring to Bahrain's king, during a demonstration to mark the fifth anniversary of Bahrain's revolution inspired on February 12, 2015, in the village of Sitra, south of Manama. ©AFP

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