DUBAI – The daughter of a long-detained human rights activist in Bahrain mentioned Monday she has been recognized with Hodgkin lymphoma, and once more known as for her father’s release.
Maryam al-Khawaja additionally advised Denmark, the place each al-Khawajas have citizenship, to do extra to loose her father, 62-year-old Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. She additionally requested Denmark to finish palms gross sales to Israel and to push to halt combating amid Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
“I urge the Danish government to lead with its stated human rights values: to leverage its diplomatic power to release my father and decisively end all arm sales and demand a cease-fire in Gaza,” she mentioned in a commentary. “Only then, can all of our families finally be safely together.”
Bahrain, an island kingdom in the Persian Gulf that is home to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Al-Khawaja’s father, Abdulhadi, has confronted a yearslong imprisonment on the world over criticized fees stemming from him main 2011 Arab Spring demonstrations in Bahrain. Al-Khawaja was blocked last year from traveling to Bahrain with human rights activists to protest his persevered detention.
Hodgkin lymphoma is a most cancers of the lymph nodes. While competitive, it may be effectively handled. Al-Khawaja mentioned she used to be already present process chemotherapy to struggle the illness.
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