Saturday, 5 November 2011

Bahrain releases teenage Iraqi football player (AP)

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2011 file photo, Montaha Kassim is seen in her Manama, Bahrain home holding a picture of her son, Iraqi soccer player Zulfiqar Naji, 16, dressed in white, who played for the Bahraini club Al Muharraq's junior team until being arrested and jailed during a crackdown on athletes who participated in anti-government protests.  The father of a teenage Iraqi football player detained in Bahrain amid anti-government protests says his son has been released after months in custody. Abdulameer Naji told The Associated Press that his son Zulfiqar Naji, now 17, was released Saturday Nov. 5, 2011 as a goodwill gesture from the Bahraini government to mark a key Muslim holiday.(AP Photo/Hasan Jamali, File)AP - Bahrain has released a teenage Iraqi football player detained for seven months in Bahrain on suspicion of participating in anti-government protests.



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