Bahrain detains Shi'ite rights activist on arrival at airport
 

(Adds state news agency report) MANAMA, Aug 30 (Reuters) - Bahraini authorities detained prominent human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja on Saturday on her arrival at the Gulf state's airport, her mother told Reuters. Maryam is the daughter of Shi'ite Muslim activist Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja, who has been detained in the Sunni monarchy since 2011 and is on hunger strike. "Maryam told me that she will be transferred to the court tomorrow," her mother, Khadija al-Musawi, told Reuters, adding that her daughter, who holds dual Bahraini and Danish citizenship, was coming back from Denmark. Charges against al-Khawaja include insulting Bahrain's king, and assaulting a policewoman at the airport, her mother said.

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