ADHRB denounces the government reprisals against Mr. Hasan Mushaimaa and his family members protesting his treatment

ADHRB Weekly Newsletter #441
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** Bahrain
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** ADHRB denounces the government reprisals against Mr. Hasan Mushaimaa and his family members protesting his treatment
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On 22 November 2022, the Bahraini police arrested ([link removed]) family members of prominent political prisoner Mr. Hasan Mushaimaa ([link removed]) , during their protest in front of Kanoo Health Center. The 74 year-old pro-democracy leader has been detained at the center for over a year without adequate treatment, leading to the dangerous deterioration of his health.

Mr. Mushaimaa was formerly the Secretary-General of the Haq Movement for Freedom and Democracy, and the co-founder and former deputy of the Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, which was the largest political opposition group before its dissolution in 2016. He is now serving his life sentence since 2011, after being accused of attempting to overthrow the government for his role in pro-democracy demonstrations.

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** Prominent Bahraini-Danish human rights defender AbdulHadi AlKhawaja facing new charges for protesting injustice in Jau Prison
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Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain strongly denounces the new charges brought against prominent human rights defender and dual Bahraini-Danish citizen AbdulHadi AlKhawaja ([link removed]) . AlKhawaja, who is serving a life sentence at Jau Prison for his participation in the 2011 pro-democracy demonstrations, is facing new charges related to his activism in prison.

In November 2022, AlKhawaja informed his family that authorities are bringing four ([link removed]) new charges against him for his protests against the harsh conditions which he and other political prisoners have been subjected to in Jau prison.

On 16 November, the Second Lower Criminal Court scheduled a hearing ([link removed]) on the first of these new charges for an incident in November 2021 when authorities denied his right to call his daughters. However, the court postponed ([link removed]) this hearing until 28 November on the grounds that Al-Khawaja needed to perform a power of attorney, something which he was going to do in-person during the hearing. A lieutenant attempted to pressure and threatened Al-Khawaja into recording ([link removed]) a video stating that he was refusing to attend the hearing. Nevertheless, Al-Khawaja refused and repeatedly stated on camera his desire to attend the hearing. He was then transferred back to his cell.


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** Profile in perscution
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** Jaafar Ali Mohamed
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Jaafar Ali Mohamed is a 32-year-old Bahraini citizen, who was an active participant in social activities in the Al-Qurayyah village, was warrantlessly arrested in 2014 and is currently serving his life sentence in Jau Prison.

Previously, Jaafar had been arrested twice before. On 13 April 2012, he was arrested for the first time during a raid on his house in an illegal assembly case; he was released on 28 May of the same year after the end of the second detention period. He was arrested for a second time on 6 January 2014 from Salmaniya Medical Complex where he was undergoing treatment after being injured in an accident in October 2013. He was transferred from the Salmaniya complex to an internal clinic despite losing his eyesight and being unable to move without assistance. His lawyer submitted a request to release him given the humanitarian situation, however, it was rejected. Finally, he was released on 27 January 2014, because of his health condition.

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