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Jailed Omanis on hunger strike, demand release

By REUTERS

JANUARY 8, 2012 19:02

MUSCAT - More than 20 Omanis have been on a prison hunger strike since mid-December, a local rights group said on Sunday, in protest at what they say are unfair sentences for taking part in demonstrations last year.

Protests demanding jobs and an end to corruption hit the Arabian kingdom between January and May last year when Omanis, inspired by successful uprisings against veteran Arab leaders, took to the streets demanding political and economic reform.

At least five people died in clashes with police, according to medics, and scores were arrested, however the scale of the protests and scope of their aims was much lower than elsewhere.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), set up by Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said in 2008, said it gained access to the jailed protesters after activists posted news of the hunger strike on social networking websites.

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