Charges against Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja, linked to his protests against conditions in Jau Prison, range from insulting Israel to breaking a plastic chair
Posthumously, Father Stan Swamy the octonogenrian Jesuit priest who was an outspoken voice for adivasis and the landless, was awarded this singular honour on June 2
Bahraini democracy campaigner Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja - jailed - was recognised by the Martin Ennals Award, named after the first secretary general of Amnesty International.