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Mahmood AlJazeeri moved to solitary confinement in prison after reporting on Covid-19 in Bahrain

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Former Al-Wasat newspaper journalist Mahmood AlJazeeri, being held in prison in Bahrain, was moved to solitary confinement after a recent recording of him appeared on dissident-run media channel Bahrain Today3 discussing the Covid-19 situation in Bahrain’s prisons. In the recording, he disputed reports that Bahraini authorities had taken measures to protect prisoners from the spread of the virus.

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