Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

Bahraini human rights activist

Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail Alkhawaja is a Bahraini-Danish human rights activists. He is now in prison in Bahrain after the Bahraini uprising. He is the 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]

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Abdulhadi Alkhawaja taking part in a pro-democracy protest in February 2011
Born
Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail Alkhawaja

April 5, 1961
DisappearedApril 23, 2012
BDF hospital
StatusFound
NationalityDanish and Bahraini
OccupationHuman rights defender
Years active1979–present
Criminal charge(s)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 penaltyLife imprisonment
Criminal statusTo be retried[1]
SpouseKhadija Almousawi [2]
ChildrenMaryam and Zainab 2 others[3]
Websitehttp://www.bahrainrights.org/

On 9 April 2011, Al Khawaja was arrested. Al Khawaja was given life imprisonment on 22 June 2011.[7] On 8 February 2012, he started a hunger strike until "freedom or death".[8]

References

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  1. "Bahrain to retry hunger striker, protest leaders | Kuwait Times". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  2. "Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahraini Hunger Strike Activist, Disappears from Hospital". International Business Times UK. 25 April 2012.
  3. "Bahrain to retry hunger striker, protest leaders | Kuwait Times". Archived from the original on 2012-07-30. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
  4. Staff writer (10 May 2011). "Another Bahraini Crime: Rights Activist's Jawbones Smashed Under Torture". Al-Manar. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  5. Staff writer. "About us". Business & Human Rights Resource Center. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  6. Bahrain Center for Human Rights website Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 17 May 2011
  7. "Bahrain rights activists jailed for life", The Guardian, 22 June 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  8. "Al Khawaja, Bahrain, hunger strike, activist | Bahrain, Al Khawaja | SBS World News". Archived from the original on 2012-05-02. Retrieved 2012-05-20.