Bahrain extends activist's custody despite UN outcry

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https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tB7m0UwqOru1fiAbUear7g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en-AE_XE/News/AFPIntEn/13354105895a8db828502ec43cc481d7feda9349.jpg (https://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/bahrain-extends-activists-custody-despite-un-outcry-lawyer-105424350.html)A Bahrain court ruled Saturday that prominent rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja be kept behind bars for an extra 10 days despite a UN call for her release, her lawyer said. The Bahraini co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, who also has Danish nationality, was arrested for assaulting a police ******r after arriving at Manama airport on August 30. Her lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi told AFP the judge ordered that Khawaja be kept in custody on that charge. In a hearing held in the judge's ******, and attended only by Jishi and a Danish diplomat, Khawaja insisted the charges against her were "vindictive and fabricated," according to lawyer.




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