United Nations Special Rapporteurs and national governments
Re:
Your Excellencies,
We the undersigned, representing civil society organisations from around the world, write to bring to your urgent attention the continued detention of human rights defender Abdul-Hadi Abdulla Hubail al-Khawaja. As you may be aware, al-Khawaja, who is a dual Bahraini-Danish citizen, is currently serving a life sentence for his peaceful human rights activities. As he marks his 10th
year in prison and commemorates his 60th birthday on 5 April 2021, we urge the United Nations through its Secretary General, governments around the world and representatives of the diplomatic community to urgently call on Bahraini authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally.
A Bahraini girl holds up a placard with a portrait of jailed human rights activist Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja, that reads in Arabic “Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, will and determination, hunger strike”, during an anti-government protest in the village of Jannusan, 5 September 2014, MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP via Getty Images IFEX joins civil society organisations from around the world in urging the UN, governments, and the diplomatic community to urgently call on Bahraini authorities to release human rights defender Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja.
To: United Nations Secretary General and diplomatic Missions
United Nations Special Rapporteurs/Targeted Governments
Re: Urgent call to release Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja on his 60
th birthday and 10