Tag: Abdulhadi al-Khawaja

Bahrain: Danish MP planning to visit jailed activist held at Manama airport

April 5, 2018 KanelkaTagba

Bahraini Security authorities Wednesday held at Manama international airport a Danish lawmaker who was seeking to meet Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, a Bahraini activist sentenced to life imprisonment in 2011 for conspiring against the state, AFP reports. Lars Aslan Rasmussen, a social Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAbdulhadi al-Khawaja, Bahrain, Danemak, Human Rights, Manama, Prison, Shia

Bahrain: Imprisoned activists sentences denied reconsideration

January 8, 2013January 8, 2013 Peter Mulvany

In 2011, a military-led tribunal in Bahrain handed down jail sentences against 20 opposition figures. Amongst them eight opposition members, including activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja who led a hunger strike that lasted 110 days, were sentenced to life imprisonment while the Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAbdulhadi al-Khawaja, activist, Bahrain, opposition, Washington