{"id":8564,"date":"2012-04-12T07:01:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=8564"},"modified":"2012-04-12T07:01:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T14:01:53","slug":"enough-is-enough-abdulhadi-al-khawaja-has-waited-long-enough-for-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=8564","title":{"rendered":"Enough is enough: Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has waited long enough for justice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Enough is enough: Abdulhadi al-Khawaja has waited long enough for justice<\/strong>
\n11 April, 2012 – IRCT<\/p>\n

The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) today reiterated its calls for the immediate release of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, now on his 63rd day of hunger strike. The call comes following a visit to al-Khawaja by an IRCT doctor in recent days.<\/p>\n

As a result of the hunger strike, al-Khawaja is in extremely poor health.<\/p>\n

The IRCT doctor, a European Union citizen, was joined in assessing al-Khawaja by an Egyptian Doctor. The resulting report will be the first medical report on his condition since his hunger strike began.<\/p>\n

The medical report on al-Khawaja\u2019s current condition is being finalised and will be sent to the Bahraini authorities upon completion. The Bahraini authorities will then make this report public, as agreed with the doctors.<\/p>\n

Prior to his recent hunger strike, Mr al-Khawaja was already a documented survivor of torture. The Bahraini state is therefore ultimately responsible for his current condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is therefore in need of holistic rehabilitation,\u201d said Scott McAusland of the IRCT.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd of course, the perpetrators of his torture must be held to account by the Bahraini authorities,\u201d added McAusland.<\/p>\n

For more information:
\nPlease see our previous press release (“IRCT calls on Bahrain to immediately release human rights defender” 17 February 2012) regarding Mr al-Khawaja here.<\/p>\n

Media contact
\nScott McAusland, IRCT Head of Communications
\n+45 36 93 87 32
\nsma@irct.org<\/p>\n

About The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims
\nThe International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims is an independent non-profit global organisation with a membership of 144 rehabilitation centres in 73 countries and with over 25 years’ experience.<\/p>\n

The work of the IRCT is threefold:
\n* Rehabilitation of torture victims and their families
\n* Ensuring victims’ access to justice
\n* Eradication of torture<\/p>\n

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