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13 Apr 2013

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FIDH - International Federation for Human Rights, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain, Just Foreign Policy, Freedom House, Human Rights First, POMED - Project On Middle East Democracy, PHR - Physicians for Human Rights

Letter to Formula One drivers concerning the detention of prisonners of conscience in Bahrain

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Dear driver, In light of your participation in the upcoming Formula One race in Bahrain, we are writing to bring your attention to the ongoing human rights abuses and the more than one dozen prisoners of conscience currently detained in Bahrain, and to ask you to publicly support the Bahraini people in their peaceful calls for justice, freedom, and basic human rights.

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