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UN Special Rapporteur Michel Forst Expresses Growing Concerns over Haji and Fateel’s Situation

2019-01-21 - 10:09 p

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights defenders Michel Forst expressed via his Twitter account his growing concerns over Haji and Fateel.

Forst said "more and more concerned with the situation of Ali AlHajee & Naji Fateel in Bahrain who deserve medical care".

For his part, Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, director of advocacy at the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, posted a tweet talking about Jaw Prison authorities retaliation against the human rights defender Naji Fateel, as he was held "in solitary confinement following the release of a voice recording of his telephone call yesterday."

Al-Wadaei posted in a previous tweet a recording for Fateel demanding medical care on his 62 days of his hunger strike. Fateel also appealed the International community for help in his recording.

 

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