{"id":9165,"date":"2012-04-25T08:25:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9165"},"modified":"2012-04-25T08:25:50","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T15:25:50","slug":"al-khawaja-was-talking-about-accepting-death-as-the-path-of-freedom-in-last-call-to-wife-khadija-al-mousawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=9165","title":{"rendered":"al-Khawaja &#8220;was talking about accepting death as the path of freedom&#8221; in last call to wife, Khadija al-Mousawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Khawaja\u2019s wife, Khadija al-Mousawi, said her husband had failed to call on Tuesday from the military hospital.  \u201cSomething is very wrong,\u201d Mousawi said. \u201cHe was talking about accepting death as the path of freedom, he sounded very weak and tired,\u201d she added, referring to her last conversation with Khawaja on Monday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fears for Bahrain hunger striker, minister defends police<\/strong><br \/>\n25 April, 2012 &#8211; Reuters &#8211; Andrew Hammond<\/p>\n<p>DUBAI, April 25 (Reuters) \u2013 The wife of a jailed Bahraini activist said on Wednesday she was worried for the health of her husband after more than two months of hunger strike.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrain\u2019s interior minister, speaking after weeks of protests against a Formula One Grand Prix here, described as a terrorist act an explosion in a village near Manama on Tuesday night that wounded four policemen. It said security forces had the right to protect themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, one of 14 men in prison for leading an uprising last year, is serving a life sentence for expressing support last year for Bahrain becoming a republic. He has been fasting for 77 days.<\/p>\n<p>Bahrainis won no major concessions on reducing the powers of the Sunni ruling Al Khalifa family in the protests, but one year later the uprising has not gone away.<\/p>\n<p>In response to queries on Khawaja\u2019s health, the interior ministry said to refer to its Twitter feed. There was no new information on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja\u2019s wife, Khadija al-Mousawi, said her husband had failed to call on Tuesday from the military hospital where he is being monitored during his hunger strike and she was unable to obtain any information on his health on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething is very wrong,\u201d Mousawi said. \u201cHe was talking about accepting death as the path of freedom, he sounded very weak and tired,\u201d she added, referring to her last conversation with Khawaja on Monday.  <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/andrew-hammond\/\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D9165&amp;text=al-Khawaja+%22was+talking+about+accepting+death+as+the+path+of+freedom%22+in+last+call+to+wife%2C+Khadija+al-Mousawi&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khawaja\u2019s wife, Khadija al-Mousawi, said her husband had failed to call on Tuesday from the military hospital. \u201cSomething is very wrong,\u201d Mousawi said. \u201cHe was talking about accepting death as the path of freedom, he sounded very weak and tired,\u201d she added, referring to her last conversation with Khawaja on Monday. 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