Abdulhadi al-Khawaja
Bahraini human rights activist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail Alkhawaja is a Bahraini-Danish human rights activists. He is now in prison in Bahrain after the Bahraini uprising. He is the former president[4] and co-founder[5] of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR). This is a nonprofit non-governmental group which works to promote human rights in Bahrain.[6]
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![]() Abdulhadi Alkhawaja taking part in a pro-democracy protest in February 2011 | |
Born | Abdulhadi Abdulla Hubail Alkhawaja April 5, 1961 |
Disappeared | April 23, 2012 BDF hospital |
Status | Found |
Nationality | Danish and Bahraini |
Occupation | Human rights defender |
Years active | 1979–present |
Criminal charge(s) | organizing and managing a terrorist organisation, attempt to overthrow the government by force and in liaison with a terrorist organisation working for a foreign country and the collection of money for a terrorist group |
Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
Criminal status | To be retried[1] |
Spouse | Khadija Almousawi [2] |
Children | Maryam and Zainab 2 others[3] |
Website | http://www.bahrainrights.org/ |
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On 9 April 2011, Al Khawaja was arrested. Al Khawaja was given life imprisonment on 22 June 2011.[7] On 8 February 2012, he started a hunger strike until "freedom or death".[8]