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Bahrain king pardons some protesters

  • 28.08.2011
  • By aljazeera.net
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King Hamad offers compensation to victims of February crackdown, but says protest-related trials will continue.

Bahrain will dismiss charges against some people detained during a deadly government crackdown against pro-democracy protests earlier this year, the Gulf nation's king said in a televised speech to the nation.
King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa made the pledge in...

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