More Bahrain detainees join hunger strike
\nThe Associated Press – Posted on Sat, Sep. 03, 2011 04:30 AM<\/p>\n
A rights group in Bahrain says more detainees are joining a hunger strike to protest ongoing trials from the crackdown on demonstrations for greater rights by the Gulf nation’s Shiite majority.<\/p>\n
A statement Saturday by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights says the hunger strike now includes nearly 20 doctors who are jailed and face anti-state charges linked to the protests against Bahrain’s ruling Sunni dynasty.<\/p>\n
The trials are scheduled to resume on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The Center says at least two other prominent activists, Abdul Jalil al-Singace and Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, have also begun hunger strikes in solidarity. The activists were sentenced to life in prison in June.<\/p>\n
Bahrain protests began in February inspired by other Arab uprisings. …source<\/a><\/p>\n