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| Bahrain frees two former lawmakers |
| 2011-08-08 |
| DUBAI - Two former lawmakers from BahrainÂ’s opposition say they have been released from jail pending trial. mJawad Fairooz and Matar Matar said they were released on Sunday afternoon. They were arrested in May and were being held on anti-state charges. Both are members of Wefaq, the kingdomÂ’s largest opposition party. They were members of parliament until they resigned with the rest of the Wefaq bloc in February following a crackdown on protests. The official Bahrain News Agency confirmed that the attorney general had ordered the release of the former lawmakers and a number of other detainees, but didnÂ’t identify them by name. |
| Posted by:Steve White |