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HRW raps Bahrain for targeting rights activist Nabeel Rajab

Human Rights Watch raps Bahrain for leveling charges against prominent rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, who has slammed Saudi Arabia for killing Yemeni civilians.

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These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:

  • The Syrian army urges all foreign-backed militants in eastern Aleppo to put down their weapons and leave the city safely.
  • Human Rights Watch raps Bahrain for leveling charges against prominent rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, who has slammed Saudi Arabia for killing Yemeni civilians.
  • In France, leaders of major religions call for solidarity and unity among their followers one day after the death of a priest by Daesh.
  • European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, appoints a veteran French politician to lead negotiations on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.
  • Prosecutors in the U-S city of Baltimore drop all charges against police officers involved in the death of a black man injured in custody.