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She saw him for the first time in two weeks. Family members didn't know if he was alive or dead.
On April 30, a Bahrain appeals court said he and 20 others will be retried. Abdulhadi's lawyer, Faten Haddad , confirmed it, saying:
"The Appeals Court has accepted that the case should be retried because Alkhawaja did not get a fair trial. The only proof the prosecution had against him was the admission he provided during torture."
Under US and international human rights law, coercively extracted confessions are inadmissible as evidence in judicial proceedings.
According to the Bahraini News Agency (BNA):
"The court is ordering that the trial take place again and that testimony from prosecution and defence witnesses be heard once more as if it is a new trial."
It's not clear when the case will be heard. Reuters suggested it could begin in a week. Bahraini authorities sentenced Abdulhadi to life in prison. Charges against him are spurious. At issue is his courageous activism for justice. He's willing to die for it.
A Final Comment
Around 2,000 Palestinian prisoners also hunger strike for justice. On April 29, the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network headlined "Palestinian leader Ahmad Sa'adat transferred to Ramle prison hospital from isolation in Ramon."
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