The daughters of a prominent human rights activist jailed in Bahrain say he has resumed a hunger strike after being denied medical care.
on Tuesday after authorities said they would improve health care at the prison. Authorities also agreed to limit isolation, expand visitor rights and extend the hours of exposure to daylight, even as the government had downplayed the strike over the past month.
There was no immediate comment from Bahrain’s government on Al-Khawaja, but in the past it has denied mistreating detainees. The U.S. State Department and human rights groups say detainees have have been beaten, humiliated and subjected to other degrading treatment.by visiting Bahrain this week with other human rights activists to press for her father’s release.
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who is also Bahrain’s prime minister, is scheduled to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday to sign a security and economic agreement. Bahrain, which is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, saw mass protests in 2011 supported by the Shiite majority against the Sunni monarchy. Authorities violently quashed the demonstrations with help from neighboring Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, two other U.S. allies.
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