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Human rights organizations call on the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy to raise the case of Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on the 12th anniversary of his detention. The organizations said in their letter “It remains unclear how Al-Khawaja’s case is being …

The situation of Bahraini prisoner of conscience Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has dramatically worsened, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement expressing grave concern. Last February, the administration at Bahrain’s Jaw Prison prevented Al-Khawaja from receiving health care, including medical appointments to follow up on the condition of his right eye. …

Bahrain Mirror: Human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja said that her father, Abdulhadi Al-Khawaj, human rights activist who is sentenced to life imprisonment, had submitted a letter to the Interior Ministry’s Sentence Execution Directorate to take advantage of the alternative penalty code. “Imprisoned human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja has submitted a letter …