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Author: Bridget Quitter

Bridget Quitter is a Legal Officer at Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain.
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The Bahraini Government is Attacking Female Activists—and Trump’s Policies are Emboldening Them

Lucilla Berwick and Bridget Quitter

“No one is going to hear you in this place,” sneered one of the men, who introduced himself as ‘the torturer.’ “No one can protect you here, not the Human Rights Council or any other organization. You know we have a green light from Trump, right?”

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