(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The daughter of a prominent human rights activist on a two-month hunger strike in Bahrain said Sunday that her father was having trouble breathing and was being harassed by hospital staff and security guards.
Zainab al-Khawaja, who was arrested again for trying to see her father, Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, told us she had spoken with him Saturday night.
"There were very long pauses," she told us. "He was trying to breathe between every word."
Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is protesting the life sentence he received for his role in anti-discrimination demonstrations that continue to roil his country. Sunday marked the 60th day of his hunger strike and the first anniversary of his arrest.
She said her father said he told guards that he would live with pride whether it was in or out of prison.
"His tone and the way he was speaking was like he was saying goodbye. We're not sure if we'll ever see him again," his daughter said.
She went Saturday to the military hospital where her father is being held. She had done the same Thursday night, was arrested for assaulting a public officer and later released.
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