(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - According to informed sources, human rights defender and previous MENA Coordinator for Frontline Defenders, Mr.Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, began a hunger strike from yesterday (February 8, 2012).Mr.AlKhawaja said in a telephone call to his family, “Freedom or Death”, which means he started an open hunger strike until his release.Mr.AlKhawaja, was participating a few days ago a hunger strike in protest at human rights violations and brutal repression (Strike began January 29 and ended February 5) and he was transferred to the hospital after a drop in his sugar level and blood pressure. The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights calls on the international community to show their solidarity with the Bahrain prisoners of conscience by calling for their immediate release.The BYSHR also calls for urgent intervention in the case of human rights defender Mr.Abdulhadi Alkhawaja./129
source : BYSHR
Wednesday
8 February 2012
8:30:00 PM
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According to informed sources, human rights defender and previous MENA Coordinator for Frontline Defenders, Mr.Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, began a hunger strike from yesterday (February 8, 2012).