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March 26, 2013

Jailed Bahraini Activists Refuse Fluids After Family Visits Denied 
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Two jailed Bahraini activists are on hunger strike and refusing fluids
after being denied visits from their family. Zainab Alkhawaja was
sentenced to three months in jail earlier this month for insulting a
public official. She has been on hunger strike for more than a week and
began refusing fluids Sunday, putting her life at imminent risk,
according to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Zainab's father,
Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who is serving a life term for his role in the
pro-democracy uprising, is also said to be on hunger strike. Zainab
released a letter from jail, writing: "Not wearing the convicts'
clothes, because I have committed no crime, that became my small act of
civil disobedience. Not letting me see my family and my three-year-old
daughter, that has been their punishment. That is why I am on hunger
strike."

 

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