Young pro-democracy Bahraini dies in prison

Hussein Barakat, a young Bahraini political prisoner, has died of Covid-19 infection in the notorious Jau Prison.

The young prisoner, who was serving his life sentence for his democratic aspirations, fell into a coma due to severe lung infection and lack of oxygen after the prison authorities denied him temporary medical leave.

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