(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Iranian students and clerics are going to stage a rally in a show of support for the imprisoned Bahraini human rights and political activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a hunger strike for more than two months.
The demonstrators will converge in front of the United Nations mission in Tehran on Monday afternoon to demand the immediate release of Khawaja, and condemn the brutal crackdown of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations by Saudi-backed Bahraini forces.
The rally comes as the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said on Saturday that the jailed activist has stopped drinking water.
The Bahraini activist has also asked to see his lawyer to write his will.
Khawaja, who holds dual Danish and Bahraini citizenship, was given a life sentence in June 2011 after being convicted on charges of inciting protests against the Manama regime.
Since the beginning of Bahrain's revolution in February 2011, large numbers of anti-government protesters have poured into the streets across the oil-rich state, demanding more rights, freedom and wide-ranging political reforms in the authoritative political system of their country.
Tens of people have either lost their lives or sustained injuries in Bahrain as a result of the continuing systematic clampdown on anti-regime rallies, and the deployment of foreign forces to stifle public demands. Thousands more have been arrested or expelled from their jobs.
Bahraini demonstrators hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the death and arrest of protesters.
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The demonstrators will converge in front of the United Nations mission in Tehran on Monday afternoon to demand the immediate release of Khawaja, and condemn the brutal crackdown of peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations by Saudi-backed Bahraini forces.
The rally comes as the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said on Saturday that the jailed activist has stopped drinking water.
The Bahraini activist has also asked to see his lawyer to write his will.
Khawaja, who holds dual Danish and Bahraini citizenship, was given a life sentence in June 2011 after being convicted on charges of inciting protests against the Manama regime.
Since the beginning of Bahrain's revolution in February 2011, large numbers of anti-government protesters have poured into the streets across the oil-rich state, demanding more rights, freedom and wide-ranging political reforms in the authoritative political system of their country.
Tens of people have either lost their lives or sustained injuries in Bahrain as a result of the continuing systematic clampdown on anti-regime rallies, and the deployment of foreign forces to stifle public demands. Thousands more have been arrested or expelled from their jobs.
Bahraini demonstrators hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the death and arrest of protesters.
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