AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Bahrain Mirror
Tuesday

29 August 2023

7:10:29 AM
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Number of prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Prison increases to 804

The number of political detainees in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison on hunger strike on their 20th day has increased to 804, according to Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD).

AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): The number of political detainees in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison on hunger strike on their 20th day has increased to 804, according to Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD).

Al-Wadaei referred to an official admission from a Bahraini government official to the Wall Street Journal that the number of detainees on hunger strike exceeded 700.

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