Imprisoned
human rights defender and lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khair, began a hunger
strike on 7 June to protest the prison authorities’ refusal to provide
him with adequate medical care and because of his ongoing
ill-treatment.
Waleed Abu al-Khair,
a prominent human rights defender and lawyer who is currently serving a
15-year prison sentence for his peaceful activism, began a hunger
strike at Briman prison in Jeddah on 7 June in protest at his ongoing
ill-treatment by the prison authorities, including their denial of
adequate medical treatment. He suffers from diabetes and intestinal
complications for which he needs medical attention and a special diet
that the prison authorities have refused to provide him.
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