Index on Censorship » Hassan Mushaima 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 » Hassan Mushaima 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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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/01/bahrain-jailed-activists-begin-hunger-strike/feed/ 2 Bahrain: Eight activists and opposition leaders jailed for life http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/bahrain-eight-activists-and-opposition-leaders-jailed-for-life/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/bahrain-eight-activists-and-opposition-leaders-jailed-for-life/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:25:14 +0000 Judith Townend http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=24059 Eight Shia activists and opposition leaders have been sentenced to life imprisonment in Bahrain. They have been found guilty of  plotting a coup in the Sunni-ruled kingdom during protests in March this year. Protests in response to the setences are expected, reports Al Jazeera English. Those convicted include Shia political leader Hassan Mushaima and the activists Abdulhady al-Khawaja and Abduljalil Al [...]

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]]> have been sentenced to life imprisonment in Bahrain. They have been found guilty of  plotting a coup in the Sunni-ruled kingdom during protests in March this year. Protests in response to the setences are expected, reports Al Jazeera English. Those convicted include Shia political leader Hassan Mushaima and the activists Abdulhady al-Khawaja and Abduljalil Al Singace. Thirteen other campaigners received lesser sentences between two and 15 years, reports the Guardian. Among these was Ibrahim Sharif, Sunni leader of the secular leftist group Waad, who was sentenced to five years.

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