Oskar Stevens

Campaign and Advocacy Lead #FreeAlKhawaja

[Oskar Stevens @obstevens]

@MARYAMALKHAWAJA har kræft. Jeg har den største respekt for Maryam og hendes utrættelige kamp for frihed og menneskerettigheder, inklusiv kampen for hendes fars løsladelse.

Hun bør være en inspiration for os alle

#FreeAlKhawaja @larsloekke @DanishMFA

https://t.co/6UyLZEt5oK

[Maryam Alkhawaja @MARYAMALKHAWAJA]

Bahrain continues to get hit. @larsloekke are you working to evacuate my father?

[CIVICUS @CIVICUSalliance]

In a just world, defending human rights should be celebrated, not criminalised. Yet many activists are imprisoned for standing up for justice.

Join us in calling for their release
➡️https://t.co/Jij6DfsFNO

#StandAsMyWitness #DefendDefenders
#FreeThemAll

[#FreeAlKhawaja @FreeAlKhawaja]

I dag er det FN's internationale dag til støtte for ofre for tortur. Men hvad har #Danmark gjort for at støtte den danske statsborger Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja som er blevet tortureret af det bahrainske regime?

@DanishMFA og @cti_uncat må gøre MEGET mere for at sikre Al-Khawajas løsladelse.

#FreeAlKhawaja @larsloekke @MARYAMALKHAWAJA

[Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei @SAlwadaei]

As Bahrain’s Crown Prince rushes to the UK seeking British protection amid Israeli aggression against Iran, he should start at home — by freeing tortured political prisoners jailed since 2011. Fix the internal crisis before waking up to an external threat.

[Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei @SAlwadaei]

Bahrain announced a royal pardon for Eid Aladha that includes 209 inmates. Not all will be released from prison, as some are already serving alternative sentences.

This is the lowest number since last year, and it’s unclear whether any political prisoners are included.

[Mona Seif @Monasosh]

"On Tuesday, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued a damning decision against Egypt: the continued imprisonment of Alaa Abd El Fattah is arbitrary and, therefore, in violation of international law."
@AlsisiOfficial
@Keir_Starmer
@DavidLammy
https://t.co/izDmPCQA7y

[#FreeAlKhawaja @FreeAlKhawaja]

🚨 Please read the @FrontLineHRD Global Analysis, which is an in-depth annual publication detailing the variety of risks, threats and attacks faced by human rights defenders around the world, and region by region 🌏

Here is what the report says about #Bahrain:

"In Bahrain, former Front Line Defenders Protection Coordinator Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja marked his 5,000th day of arbitrary detention in December, as he continues to serve a life-sentence handed down as a result of his peaceful human rights work. Naji Fateel was one of a very small number of HRDs freed during the year in a series of royal pardons which saw the release of nearly 3,500 prisoners. Notably, neither Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja nor Abduljalil Al-Singace were included in the pardons."

Read the report here: https://t.co/rVZuM0We9k
#HumanRights #FreeAlKhawaja #Bahrain

[Free Alaa @FreedomForAlaa]

Alaa’s mother, Laila Soueif, is going to fly to Cairo today to visit her son in prison.

This is how she’s feeling . . .

[Oskar Stevens @obstevens]

@larsloekke og @DKAmbKSA: gode nyheder fra Kuwait, som netop har løsladt et stort antal amerikanske statsborgere. Kan det være at #Danmark kan lære noget af den amerikanske strategi og endelig få en dansk statsborger løsladt fra #Bahrain? @MARYAMALKHAWAJA #freealkhawaja

[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

New: Kuwait has released 10 more American prisoners, bringing to nearly two dozen the total freed since March. It’s the largest batch of releases by a foreign country in years.

“They’ve been extremely responsive,” ⁦⁦@aboehler⁩ tells AP. https://t.co/gUsyb8FVNy

[Middle East Democracy Center @MideastDC]

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is a father, a son, & pro-democracy activist who has spent 14+ years unjustly detained in #Bahrain for exercising his freedom of expression. #NotANumber

Read how he's protesting injustice in prison in this week’s Gulf Dispatch: https://t.co/bCu36iaJNa]

[Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission @TLHumanRights]

Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja is being arbitrarily denied video call access & threatened with violence. #Bahrain must ensure his safety & restore his access to video calls while in custody & #FreeAlKhawaja immediately, without conditions.
@RepRoKhanna is his #DefendingFreedoms advocate.

[Amnesty International Danmark @amnestydk]

Danmarks eneste samvittighedsfange skal løslades nu! Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja har været fængslet i Bahrain siden 2011 - og bliver nu truet med vold, fordi han protesterer fredeligt imod sin fængsling. Lyt til hans datters opdatering 👇#dkpol
#FreeAlKhawaja

[Maryam Alkhawaja @MARYAMALKHAWAJA]

They've now threatened my father with use of violence. The call was cut while I was getting this update.

Cc @larsloekke @Statsmin @UMBorgerservice

#FreeAlKhawaja #Bahrain #DKPol

[Front Line Defenders @FrontLineHRD]

Appalling that the Bahraini authorities would again resort to threats of violence against HRD Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, unjustly imprisoned since 2011.

He must be released immediately and unconditionally.

#FreeAlkhawaja!

https://t.co/A1sSV7KTv3

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

Illustration by Mona Chalibi. Here are their names, names you won’t see widely reported elsewhere. Because the Western media doesn’t care.

[Mary Lawlor @MaryLawlorhrds]

14 year ago Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who turned 64 last week was unjustly imprisoned and then sentenced to life imprisonment. I urge the Danish Prime Minister to directly call for his release with her Bahraini counterpart.
@Statsmin @MARYAMALKHAWAJA @FreeAlKhawaja

[Sayed Ahmed AlWadaei @SAlwadaei]

BREAKING: Bahrain – Royal Decree to Release 630 Inmates on Eid Al-Fitr

Don't be deceived by the number.

Key Points to Check This Evening:

1) The exact number of inmates to be released remains unclear, as some are serving alternative sentences (non-custodial punishment).

2) It is uncertain whether political prisoners are included in the release and if so, how many.
https://t.co/Mg0aJo8ubo

[Maryam Alkhawaja @MARYAMALKHAWAJA]

Update: Thank you to everyone who engaged and listened and shared 🫶🏽 my father has suspended his hunger strike until after Eid after promises made this morning from the prison administration

[Maryam Alkhawaja @MARYAMALKHAWAJA]

My father, Bahraini Danish citizen and prisoner of conscience, started a water only hunger strike this morning in protest of the permanent suspension of his video calls. Please watch and share
#Bahrain #DKPol #FreeAlKhawaja

@larsloekke @DanishMFA @eu_eeas @DKAmbKSA @EUintheGCC

[#FreeAlKhawaja @FreeAlKhawaja]

#Bahrain: Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja blev i går informeret om, at hans videoopkald til hans familien er permanent suspenderet.

For Al-Khawaja har videoopkaldene været hans livline til familien, da hans døtre bor uden for Bahrain, og hans syge mor ikke er i stand til at besøge ham.

Al-Khawaja burde slet ikke være fængslet og at fratage ham hans eneste meningsfulde måde at kommunikere med sin familie på vil have dybtgående konsekvenser for Al-Khawaja-familien.

Hvornår vil den danske regering sikre, at Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja bliver løsladt?

#FreeAlKhawaja @larsloekke @DanishMFA #dkpol @MARYAMALKHAWAJA