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Bahrain Questions Activist in Ongoing Crackdown

VOA News April 11, 2011

Bahrain has accused a leading human rights activist of fabricating photos and has summoned him for questioning in an ongoing crackdown against anti-government protesters.

The state-run Bahrain News Agency says Nabeel Rajab is accused of tampering with images of a man who died in custody last week. The activist claims the man died from the effects of torture and posted a photo online that shows his body covered with cuts and bruises.

Authorities claim the detained protester died after struggling with guards. BNA says a military prosecutor will question Rajab about the photo.

Rajab is the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights.

Also Monday, Bahrain is questioning the former editor-in-chief of Al Wasat newspaper for what the government calls the paper's "unethical" coverage of the protests.

The editor, Mansoor al-Jamri, has called the move an attempt to "silence independent news" in Bahrain.

Opposition protesters in Bahrain have been demanding the resignation of Bahrain's Sunni-led government and calling for creation of a political system that gives a greater voice to the country's majority Shi'ites.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.



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