Bahrain: Release unjustly jailed ailing prisoner after year of hunger strike

By Amnesty International

Responding to news that unjustly jailed ailing academic and human rights defender Dr. Abduljalil al-Singace, who has been refusing solid foods for a year, has now decided to also abstain from health-stabilizing salts in protest at the prison authorities’ withholding some of his medication, Amna Guellali, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and […] The post Bahrain: Release unjustly jailed ailing prisoner after year of hunger strike appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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