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Imprisoned Bahrain activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja starts hunger strike over his detention
Al-Khawaja began a hunger strike to pressure Bahrain and European entities amid international criticism of his life sentence and detention conditions.
- Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the Bahraini activist, launched a hunger strike Wednesday at the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center to press Bahrain and Europe over his internationally criticized detention.
- Held since 2011, al-Khawaja's detention stems from the Arab Spring protests and a military tribunal's life sentence, which human rights groups and United Nations experts describe as arbitrary.
- Previously, he endured the 2012 hunger strike, which lasted 110 days, and Dr. Damian McCormack warned the Danish government that al-Khawaja is already 10 kilograms underweight.
- Bahraini authorities did not respond to The Associated Press's questions about al-Khawaja's hunger strike, while Denmark has repeatedly discussed his case with officials who insist his imprisonment is lawful.
- The hunger strike arrives as the Manama Dialogue, annual security summit organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, draws world leaders amid Bahrain's Shiite majority grievances in a kingdom population of around 1.5 million.
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Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been imprisoned in Bahrain for over 14 years, will begin a hunger strike on Wednesday. His daughter Maryam al-Khawaja confirmed this to Ritzau. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja will go on hunger strike...
·Aarhus, Denmark
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Bahrain activist launches hunger strike in prison over detention
A prominent activist in Bahrain imprisoned since the country's 2011 Arab Spring protests began a new hunger strike Wednesday, seeking to pressure the island kingdom and Europe over his internationally criticized detention. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja began what supporters described as an “open-ended” hunger strike while detained at the Jaw Rehabilitation and Reform Center in Bahrain. A previous hunger strike by the 64-year-old activist, who also holds …
·London, United Kingdom
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