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9 Apr 2012

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Al Jazeera

Bahraini hunger striker's daughter speaks out

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Protests in Bahrain have increased as Abdul Hadi al-Khawaja's hunger strike enters its 60th day and Bahrain rejects a request to transfer him to Denmark. Al-Khawaja's daughter, Zainab, has told Al Jazeera that he sounds very weak. "Dying with dignity is better than living in humiliation," she said, quoting her father.

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