The Local Denmark https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Detained Danish politician returns home after Bahrain entry refusal Social Democrat MP Lars Aslan Rasmussen was on Thursday night sent out of Bahrain, where he said he was detained for 25 hours. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180405/detained-danish-politician-returns-home-after-bahrain-entry-refusal Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:28:00 +0200 detained-danish-politician-returns-home-after-bahrain-entry-refusal Bahrain bars Danish MP from meeting jailed activist A Danish Social Democrat lawmaker has been denied entry to Bahrain where he planned to meet a jailed leading human rights activist, Copenhagen and an NGO said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20180404/bahrain-bars-danish-mp-from-meeting-jailed-activist Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:02:50 +0200 bahrain-bars-danish-mp-from-meeting-jailed-activist Danish activist and infant child detained in Bahrain The Danish Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it was closely eyeing the reported detainment of Danish citizen Zainab al-Khawaja, an outspoken critic of the Bahraini regime, https://www.thelocal.dk/20160315/danish-activist-and-infant-detained-in-bahrain Tue, 15 Mar 2016 10:43:44 +0100 danish-activist-and-infant-detained-in-bahrain Dane gets three years for 'insulting' Bahrain's king Just days after her sister was sentenced to prison in absentia, Zainab al-Khawaja has now also been convicted of charges in Bahrain. Their father also sits in a Bahraini jail. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141205/dane-gets-three-years-for-ripping-bahraini-kings-photo Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:20:18 +0100 dane-gets-three-years-for-ripping-bahraini-kings-photo Danish activist sentenced in Bahrain Danish-Bahraini activist Maryam al-Khawaja was sentenced to one year in a Bahraini prison on charges of assaulting a police officer. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141202/danish-activist-sentenced-to-prison-in-bahrain Tue, 02 Dec 2014 10:43:00 +0100 danish-activist-sentenced-to-prison-in-bahrain Danish-Bahraini activist calls off hunger strike Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has ended his hunger strike over health concerns for fellow inmates. Meanwhile, his daughter – also a Danish citizen – is facing charges of assault in Bahrain. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140923/danish-bahraini-activist-calls-off-hunger-strike Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:01:00 +0200 danish-bahraini-activist-calls-off-hunger-strike Jailed Dane begins new hunger strike in Bahrain Activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja started a new hunger strike on Monday. The last time he did it, it led to a massive – but unsuccessful – attempt to get him released. https://www.thelocal.dk/20140826/jailed-danish-citizen-begins-new-hunger-strike-in-bahrain Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:02:00 +0200 jailed-danish-citizen-begins-new-hunger-strike-in-bahrain