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Hundreds of Bahraini Political Prisoners Freed in ‘Bittersweet’ Royal Pardon

Amid deepening tensions in the Middle East, Bahraini activists said that the mass pardon, while welcome, was incomplete, and called for the release of several jailed opposition leaders.