Index on Censorship » AbdulJaleel AlSingace http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » AbdulJaleel AlSingace http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Bahrain: Jailed activists begin hunger strike http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/bahrain-jailed-activists-begin-hunger-strike/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/bahrain-jailed-activists-begin-hunger-strike/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:15 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=32565 Fourteen imprisoned activists have begun a one-week hunger strike in Bahrain. The activists, who have been imprisoned since March 2011, are protesting the continuous crackdown on demonstrations in Bahrain. The health of several of the activists is at risk –human rights defender AbdulJaleel AlSingace who suffers from poliomyelitis, a nerve disease, previously suffered a heart attack whilst on [...]

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]]> hunger strike in Bahrain. The activists, who have been imprisoned since March 2011, are protesting the continuous crackdown on demonstrations in Bahrain. The health of several of the activists is at risk –human rights defender AbdulJaleel AlSingace who suffers from poliomyelitis, a nerve disease, previously suffered a heart attack whilst on hunger strike. Many prisoners, including those held in Jaw and the central region prisons, have announced plans to join this hunger strike.

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