BYSHR: Urgent Appeal: 14 Rights Activists and Opposition Leaders banned from medical care due to their hunger strike

2 Oct 2011

Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses its deep concern regarding the deteriorating health condition due to hunger strike of Prominent Rights Activists and Opposition Leaders protesting the recent arrest and mistreatment of women during pro-democracy protest.

2 Oct 2011

Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses its deep concern regarding the deteriorating health condition due to hunger strike of Prominent Rights Activists and Opposition Leaders protesting the recent arrest and mistreatment of women during pro-democracy protest.

In a phone call to his daughter (Yesterday-October 1st 2011) , Human Rights Defender Mr.Abdulhadi AlKhawaja informed her that :

1-The health condition of Mr.Abduljalil Abdullah Al Singace and Mr.Abdulwahab Hussain Ali has deteriorated.

2-The present prison administration have stopped the medical checkups of the 14 activist and political leaders and refused them access to doctors. They were informed by the administration, that this was in punishment of their hunger strike.

14 Prominent Rights Activists and Opposition Leaders demanding the release of women who were arrested for pro-democracy protests.

Background:

On September 24th 2011, they announced a hunger strike. (Ref: http://byshr.org/?p=787)

The hunger strikers:

1-Abdulwahab Hussain Ali ( life sentence imprisonment)
2-Ibrahim Sharif Abdulraheem Mossa ( 5 Years imprisonment)
3-Hassan Ali Mushaima.( life sentence imprisonment)
4-Abdulhadi Al Khawaja ( life sentence imprisonment)
5-Abduljalil Abdullah Al Singace.( life sentence imprisonment)
6-Mohammed Habib Al Safaf. ( Mohammed Habib Miqdad) ( life sentence imprisonment)
7-Saeed Mirza Ahmed. ( Saeed AlNouri) ( life sentence imprisonment)
8-Abduljalil Mansoor Makk. (Abdul Jalil Miqdad) ( life sentence imprisonment)
9-Al Hurra Yousif Mohammed.( 2 Years imprisonment)
10-Abdullah Isa Al Mahroos.( 5 years imprisonment)
11-Salah Hubail Al Khawaj.( 5 years imprisonment)
12-Mohammed Hassan Jawad.( 15 years imprisonment)
13-Mohammed Ali Ismael. ( 15 years imprisonment))
14-Abdul Hadi Abdullah Mahdi Hassan ( Abdulhadi AlMukhodher) ( 15 years imprisonment)

More information about the hunger strikers

byshr.org