Jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s life in danger

Headline Title: Jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja’s life in danger 10 April 2012 The Bahraini authorities must immediately and unconditionally release a prominent human rights activist whose health is rapidly deteriorating as he passes his 60th day of hunger strike, Amnesty International said today.Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, 52, who is serving a life sentence for his role in anti-government protests last year, has been denied visits by his family and lawyer in the past four days. He has been on hunger strike for 62 days in protest at his unfair imprisonment.Amnesty International…

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