Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
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| Abdulhadi al-Khawaja | |
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 Abdulhadi Alkhawaja taking part in a pro-democracy protest in February 2011 |
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| Born | Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail Alkhawaja April 5, 1961 Bahrain |
| Disappeared | April 23, 2012 BDF hospital |
| Status | Found |
| Nationality |  Danish and  Bahraini |
| Occupation | Human rights defender |
| Years active | 1979–present |
| Home town | Manama (Fareeg el-Makharga) |
| Religion | Islam (Shia) |
| Criminal charge | organizing and managing a terrorist organisation, attempt to overthrow the government by force and in liaison with a terrorist organisation working for a foreign country and the collection of money for a terrorist group |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | To be retried[1] |
| Spouse | Khadija Almousawi [2] |
| Children | 2 others[3] |
| Website | |
| http://www.bahrainrights.org/ | |
Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail Alkhawaja is one of the most best known Bahraini-Danish human rights activists. He is now in prison in Bahrain after the Bahraini uprising. He is former president[4] and co-founder[5] of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR). This is a nonprofit non-governmental group which works to promote human rights in Bahrain.[6]
On 9 April 2011, Alkhawaja was arrested. Alkhawaja was given life imprisonment on 22 June 2011.[7] On 8 February 2012, he started a hunger strike until "freedom or death".[8]
References [change]
- ↑ http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/05/01/bahrain-to-retry-hunger-striker-protest-leaders/
- ↑ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/333099/20120425/whereiskhawaja-bahraini-activist-hunger-strike-abdullhadi-al.htm
- ↑ http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/05/01/bahrain-to-retry-hunger-striker-protest-leaders
- ↑ Staff writer (10 May 2011). "Another Bahraini Crime: Rights Activist’s Jawbones Smashed Under Torture". Al-Manar. http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=14763&cid=23&fromval=1&frid=23&seccatid=27&s1=1. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ↑ Staff writer. "About us". Business & Human Rights Resource Center. http://www.business-humanrights.org/Aboutus/InternationalAdvisoryNetwork. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ↑ Bahrain Center for Human Rights website, accessed 17 May 2011
- ↑ "Bahrain rights activists jailed for life", The Guardian, 22 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ↑ http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1647079/QA-Bahraini-activist-Maryam-Al-Khawaja
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