UK: Bahrain Hunger Striker Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja On Deathbed
 

UK: Bahrain Hunger Striker Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja On Deathbed.

The health of jailed Bahraini hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is reportedly failing as a court has delayed a hearing for him and other 20 activists for two weeks.
Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike since 29 January in protest at receiving a life sentence for his role in pro-democracy protests last year, has told his wife that he "could not leave his bed" to go to the court and "has lost all his energy".

An urgent appeal on the website of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights claims that Khawaja "may be on his deathbed" after 91 days on hunger strike.
His wife said on Twitter that the activist did not call on Saturday because "he couldn't speak and was weak".
He could not go to court, where he is facing allegations of "setting up terror groups to topple the regime and change the constitution", because he could not stand still.
"The doctor asked him yesterday to take some IV and ensure liquid so he will be able to go to court but he refused," Khadija Almousawi tweeted. "He will continue his hunger strike. I know that he is getting weaker and weaker but I know also that his spirit is very high and he has strength of a nation in his weak, skinny body. He asked me to be strong. He asked me to be happy. I am strong for the sake of my family and I am happy for him to be able to continue his struggle for freedom."

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