Bahrain delays appeal hearing for hunger striker, other activists sentenced to life in prison
Posted April 23, 2012 3:24 am.
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MANAMA, Bahrain – A defence lawyer says a jailed hunger striker and other activists in Bahrain must wait at least another week as they appeal their life sentences.
Lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi says the court on Monday set the next hearing for April 30 for the 21-member group that includes Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly 11 weeks.
The activists — 14 in Bahrain and seven in absentia — were given life sentences last year as part of crackdowns on Bahrain’s Shiite-led uprising that began in February 2011. Protesters seek to force the ruling Sunni monarchy to give up key powers in the Gulf kingdom.
Bahrain officials insist al-Khawaja is in good health. But his family says his condition is in sharp decline.