(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Hours after being released from custody, the daughter of a prominent Bahraini human rights activist was feared to be detained again early Sunday, her family said.
Zainab al-Khawaja called her mother Sunday morning, telling her in a brief conversation that she was at a Manama police station and asking for a lawyer to be sent there, the woman's husband, Wafi Almajed, told CNN around 2:30 a.m. Sunday (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday).
The call was the first her family had heard from her in hours since she went to the military hospital where her father, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, is receiving care while he is on a prolonged hunger strike. Sunday marks the 60th day of his hunger strike.
According to informed soources he had been mistreated by guards and hospital staff.
The Interior Ministry claimed Zainab al-Khawaja was arrested Thursday night for being in a restricted area "in which standing is prohibited." The ministry also claimed she "attacked an on-duty public employee."
She was released Saturday.
Mohammed Al Jishi, lawyer for both father and daughter, expressed concerns that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja could soon die.
His family learned Friday that, on that same day, al-Khawaja was being moved to a military hospital because his condition was deteriorating, Al Jishi said.
Al-Khawaja was arrested last April for his role in a peaceful demonstrations in February and March.
On March 30, the government reported that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja had low blood pressure and was taken to Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, where he was treated and returned to Jau Prison the following day.
Records showed that al-Khawaja had lost about 10 kilograms (22 pounds) and had a low hemoglobin level, critically low, the government said.
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Zainab al-Khawaja called her mother Sunday morning, telling her in a brief conversation that she was at a Manama police station and asking for a lawyer to be sent there, the woman's husband, Wafi Almajed, told CNN around 2:30 a.m. Sunday (7:30 p.m. ET Saturday).
The call was the first her family had heard from her in hours since she went to the military hospital where her father, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, is receiving care while he is on a prolonged hunger strike. Sunday marks the 60th day of his hunger strike.
According to informed soources he had been mistreated by guards and hospital staff.
The Interior Ministry claimed Zainab al-Khawaja was arrested Thursday night for being in a restricted area "in which standing is prohibited." The ministry also claimed she "attacked an on-duty public employee."
She was released Saturday.
Mohammed Al Jishi, lawyer for both father and daughter, expressed concerns that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja could soon die.
His family learned Friday that, on that same day, al-Khawaja was being moved to a military hospital because his condition was deteriorating, Al Jishi said.
Al-Khawaja was arrested last April for his role in a peaceful demonstrations in February and March.
On March 30, the government reported that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja had low blood pressure and was taken to Bahrain Defense Force Hospital, where he was treated and returned to Jau Prison the following day.
Records showed that al-Khawaja had lost about 10 kilograms (22 pounds) and had a low hemoglobin level, critically low, the government said.
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