(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Khadija al-Musawi says she saw Abdulhadi al-Khawaja for about an hour in a prison hospital Sunday. Other relatives also visited.
Al-Musawi says her husband is weak but in good spirits.
25 April 2012
Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, on 77th day of hunger strike, did not call his wife today as he usually does. Both the Ministry of Interior and the Bahrain Defense Force hospital refused to give his wife any information when she called to inquire about him. His family fear the worst. His lawyer was not allowed to have any contact with him in last 3 weeks despite repeated requests. The Danish Ambassador hasn\\\\\\\'t been allowed 2 see Alkhawaja lately nor talk to him.
His daughter Zainab who was arrested two days ago is to be held for 7 days by order of the public prosecution.
22 April 2012
The wife of detained human rights defender Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, on Day 74 of his hunger strike, has said \\\\\\\"The Danish ambassador visited AlKhawaja to convince him with taking IV saline but he refused.\\\\\\\" AlKhawaja\\\\\\\'s lawyer still unable to get a visit to see him.
20 April 2012
Human Rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, now on 72nd day of hunger strike, stopped drinking water along with all fluids and IV on Thursday. He asked to see his lawyer to write his will, but both lawyer and Danish ambassador have been attempting to see him all day, but denied access.
His wife said that his voice sounded weaker than any time before.
He said, if they won\\\\\\\'t allow the lawyer to see him, he has three things he would like everyone to know:
1st: he is completely convinced in what he is doing, and that he has chosen this path and would choose it again if time goes back.
2nd: he asks that nobody attempts to go on a similar strike till death.
and 3rd he said: \\\\\\\"If I die, in the next 24 hrs, I ask the people to continue on path of peaceful resistance, ... I don\\\\\\\'t want anybody to be hurt in my name.\\\\\\\"
18 April 2012
Abdulhadi AlKhawaja called his family today and informed them that he had only water. His blood pressure & sugar dropped as he is on day 70 of hungerstrike.
The wife of Alkhawaja accused Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone of ignoring her husband\\\\\\\'s plight ahead of Sunday\\\\\\\'s controversial grand prix in the troubled country. she said the 81-year-old F1 boss had missed a chance to do something to help the pro-democracy movement and her husband Abdulhadi al-Khawaja.
\\\\\\\"I am not angry with the government...it\\\\\\\'s their future at stake. What makes me angry is people like Ecclestone who decides to come to Bahrain because he thinks everyone is happy,\\\\\\\" said al-Mousawi, one of whose daughters was at a large protest in Manama later in the evening.
\\\\\\\"I can assure you that I am not happy. My family is not happy.\\\\\\\"
17 April 2012
Abdulhadi Alkhawaja called his wife today, informed her that starting dawn tomorrow he will stop accepting IV and any fluids other than water.
15 April 2012
The family of detained human rights activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, was finally allowed to see him in a military hospital on Day 67 of his hunger strike. Zainab Alkhawaja, also a prominent activist, describes the visit:
We were allowed a 1 hour visit to see my father today.
We were escorted by police and soldiers into a small hospital room, where we were searched thoroughly several times. My father was brought to us, or a skeleton version of my father. I didn\\\\\\\'t think he could look worse than the picture we saw, but he did. He\\\\\\\'s so skinny I was surprised he could sit up to speak to us.
I can\\\\\\\'t use the word skinny, or thin. My father looks like someone who is in the final days of a long fight with a terminal illness. But as usual, he was the happiest person in the room, greeted us with a big smile. \\\\\\\"Why do u all look so sad?\\\\\\\" he asked.
My father\\\\\\\'s eyes were not normal, not focused. One eye looked lower than the other, he told me it\\\\\\\'s because of low blood sugar. I held my fathers hand, and they were ice cold. \\\\\\\"Do you feel cold baba?\\\\\\\" [I asked] He said, \\\\\\\"Yes, always cold, but that\\\\\\\'s normal at this stage.\\\\\\\"...
He said, \\\\\\\"I\\\\\\\'m taking some juice & water, as this is my agreement with the Danish ambassador who tells me there\\\\\\\'s hope. I told the doctors here that this is the exception, if nothing changes in 2-3 days, I will go back to refusing liquids.\\\\\\\"
My father has spoken to doctors & told them in the chance he goes into a coma, he does not want an IV....Mum said, \\\\\\\"Docs who saw you say you are in imminent danger of death.\\\\\\\" Dad smiled & said, \\\\\\\"Whatever happens is in the interest of the people.\\\\\\\"
12 April 2012
Prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja called his family, and said that his health deteriorated last night and he was informed by doctors that he might go into a coma. He was given IV, which has kept him conscious but weak. His family and lawyer are still not allowed to visit him. His wife said he was allowed just a brief call in exchange that he will drink little water.
Listen to Zainab Al-Khawaja interview on CBC
10 April 2012
Bahraini authorities continued to turn down repeated requests to contact AlKhawaja by his family and lawyer. The last time lawyer Mohamed AlJishi contacted Khawaja was on Saturday, a day after he was moved from the Interior Ministry hospital into a military hospital in Manama.
Denmark\\\\\\\'s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Christian König Feldt, visited on Tuesday night the hunger strikers Abdulhadi al-Khawaja in Bahrain. visit lasted 20 minutes, and the ambassador has asked for another visit on Wednesday. \\\\\\\"It is clear that he is very weak after the long hunger strike. But I can not say anything more about his health, because it\\\\\\\'s something we tell the family, and we\\\\\\\'ve secrecy action,\\\\\\\" said Ole Egberg Mikkelsen, a Danish Foreign Ministry official. Al-Khawajas wife, Khadija Almousawi said that the ambassador told her that her husband is conscious, and that he still has \\\\\\\"his sharp intelligence intact.\\\\\\\"
Danish PM Statement
\\\\\\\"Denmark demands that Danish-Bahraini citizen and human rights activist Khawaja be freed,\\\\\\\" said Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt at a press conference.
\\\\\\\"According to our information, Khawaja\\\\\\\'s condition is very critical,\\\\\\\" she added.
A Danish Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Khawaja was alive on Monday according to \\\\\\\"credible independent sources\\\\\\\" who saw him that day.
Danish ambassador to Bahrain Christian Koenigsfeldt was not allowed to see the prisoner on Sunday or Monday, as he has done daily, the spokesperson told AFP.
09 April 2012
The Times: JAILED hunger-striking dissident Abdulhadi al-Khawaja was feared to have died, his lawyer said last night, after Bahraini authorities turned down repeated requests to contact him.
Lawyer Mohammed al-Jeshi said nobody had been allowed to see Mr Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for 60 days, since Saturday, the day after the 50-year-old was transferred from the interior ministry hospital into a military hospital in Manama.
\\\\\\\"Authorities have been refusing since yesterday (Sunday) all requests, made by myself and by his family, to visit or contact al-Khawaja,\\\\\\\" Mr Jeshi said.
\\\\\\\"We fear that he might have passed away as there is no excuse for them to prevent us from visiting or contacting him.\\\\\\\"
Mr Jeshi said that no information was available on the health of Mr Khawaja, who has shed 25 per cent of his body weight.
Video: Bahraini hunger striker\\\\\\\'s daughter speaks out
However, government spokesman Abdulaziz bin Mubarak al-Khalifa, a member of the royal family, earlier said Mr Khawaja\\\\\\\'s condition was stable, he was being monitored by three doctors and receiving water and nutrients.
Yesterday, Bahrain reportedly rejected a Danish request that Mr Khawaja, who holds Danish nationality, be flown to that country.
Danish papers quoted the head of the foreign ministry\\\\\\\'s consular service, Ole Engberg Mikkelsen, as saying \\\\\\\"a reply will come through diplomatic channels and not via a news agency or Twitter\\\\\\\".
Mr Mikkelsen said he did not know when Manama would send its official reply.
\\\\\\\"Unfortunately, there is not much time. It is a case where the clock is ticking,\\\\\\\" he said.
\\\\\\\"We are continuing our efforts to convince Bahrain that it is in everyone\\\\\\\'s interest that he be extradited.\\\\\\\"
Front Line Defenders, a Dublin-based NGO, warned that Mr Khawaja could now die in jail, while Bahrain\\\\\\\'s largest opposition movement, al-Wefaq, condemned that decision, saying it amounted to having \\\\\\\"signed his death\\\\\\\" sentence.
Mr Khawaja\\\\\\\'s plight has become a rallying point for the latest demonstrations. His daughter Maryam, who was in Cairo, said: \\\\\\\"My sister visited him and said he was so weak he could barely breathe. He says if he dies, he will die with dignity.\\\\\\\"
08 April 2012
The family members of AlKhawaja are still not allowed to see him since he was hospitalized on Apr 3, 2012. They also have received no calls from him today. They received a call to go to visit him in the military hospital, but when they got there they were told to go back and that there are no orders to allow them to see him.
Doctor of AlKhawaja who is now on his 60th day of hunger strike said hospital IV drip \\\\\\\"won\\\\\\\'t be enough to keep him alive\\\\\\\".
Bahrain said today it will not hand over Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja to Denmark as requested. The Supreme Judiciary Council announced today that the provisions of Criminal Procedures Law stipulating the handing over of accused and convicted persons to foreign countries does not pertain to the case of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and thus he will not be transferred to Denmark.
Bahraini authorities also charged Al-Khawaja\\\\\\\'s daughter with assaulting a public employee after she tried to visit her father.
Zainab al-Khawaja was charged and released Saturday after her arrest Thursday outside ministry of interior where her father was receiving care. She was arrested again Saturday at the military hospital and detained for around 6 hours then relased without allowing her to see her father.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Bahrain to show support for the hunger striker Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja: collection of videos and Photos
07 April 2012 23:00
Abdulhadi AlKhawaja called his family. According to his daughter Zainab AlKhawaja (who was released this afternoon after getting arrested on Thursday night) he can hardly speak, and he can hardly breath. He took very long pauses between every word, as he told his wife about the mistreatment he is receiving from the military hospital staff and the guards. He said that when they treated him badly he said to them \\\\\\\"I wil