Bahraini activist to remain in jail until retrial

Al Jazeera English 2012-08-30

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A man on hunger strike in Bahrain for more than 80 days is to be given a retrial, on charges of plotting to overthrow the government.

But Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and 20 others will have to stay in jail until then.

Charles Stratford explains.
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