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AP: Bahrain Releases Brother of Jailed Human Rights Advocate
2016-03-21 - 3:57 p
Bahrain Mirror (AP): Bahraini authorities have released Salah al-Khawaja, the brother of human rights advocate Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, after five years in jail in a case related to Bahrain's uprising in 2011.
The al-Khawaja family posted a photo on Twitter Saturday of Salah in a car with family members. The family said they had received a call telling them to pick Salah up in the morning.
The Bahraini government has not released any statement on the issue.
Salah is not a prominent political figure or activist, but he comes from a highly political family. His brother Abdulhadi is serving a life sentence for his activism and his niece Zainab was detained last week and faces up to three years in prison on multiple charges.
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