The spokesman for the "Prisoners' Affairs Authority in Bahrain ", Jaafar Yahya, revealed that prisoner of conscience in the Central Jaw Prison, Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous, "almost died" due to his health deterioration.

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) stressed that "a distressing reality persists as children find themselves confined within detention facilities, facing numerous challenges that not only compromise their well-being but also breach the very international agreements designed to protect their rights."

Bahrain Mirror: A group of 16 political detainees held in isolation in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison sent a message addressing citizens in general, and their relatives in particular, stressing the need to offer them support, warning that "the consequences of letting them down may affect the hearts of detainees and their families and its effects will persist."

Ali Abdulhalim, a detainee in Jaw Central Prison, who is on hunger strike, confirmed that he repeatedly tried with the prison administration and its clinic to obtain eyeglasses, but none of them responded to him.

Detainee Fadel Abbas in Jaw Central Prison confirmed that he was prevented from entering the prison's clinic on Sunday, August 20, 2023, despite his deteriorating health condition, noting that the prison administration portrays his situation as "good".

Ahmed Isa Abdulhussein, a detainee in Jaw Central Prison, sentenced to life imprisonment, announced launching hunger strike until achieving his demands after exhausting all attempts and knocking on all doors for 4 years.

Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim considered that "the persistence and expansion of aggressive operations against the Holy Quran, including burning, desecration and various insults in various Western countries, is a desperate attempt to thwart a creeping Islamic renaissance.

Brian Dooley, senior advisor at Human Rights First, said that Bahrain is lurching into another crisis as hundreds of prisoners protest about the lack of adequate medical care since August 7, 2023.

Abdulwahab Hussein, spokesman of Al Wafa'a Islamic Movement, confirmed that "officials treat prisoners in a way that produces the worst outcome, and overwhelm the facts with embellished talk without considering the consequences."

t least 500 prisoners are on hunger strike inside a Bahraini prison, in what is described as the largest demonstration of such a kind inside a prison in the Gulf state. Meanwhile, the Bahraini authorities continue to detain prisoners of conscience.

The director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei, revealed horrific details about the torture political detainee Ahmad Jaafar, who is in solitary confinement and on hunger strike, is being subjected to.

A pair of Egyptians who disappeared for two weeks after they were arrested in Bahrain earlier this month have resurfaced in Egyptian custody on terrorism-related charges, according to a human rights group and an informed source.

The number of political prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison reached more than 743, as of Sunday, August 20, 2023, according to the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD), Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei.

Ali Salman, a political detainee on hunger strike at Jaw Central Prison, revealed that a policeman in the prison slapped him on his face and strangled him.

Political prisoners on hunger strike in Bahrain's Jaw Central Prison commended the Palestinian prisoners for going on a similar strike "championing their dignity," highlighting that the joint strike is because they do not accept their dignity to be trampled upon.

Prisoner of conscience in Jaw Central Prison, Mr. Hasan Mushaima, leader and head of the "Haq" opposition movement, said that "the news he receives about the conditions of the beloved figures and prisoners breaks his heart," as their hunger strike reaches its 13th day.

15 human rights organizations sent a letter to British Secretary of State for Foreign James Cleverly calling on his government to press the Bahraini authorities to unconditionally release all political prisoners in the Bahraini prisons.

Detained prisoner of conscience Sheikh Mirza Al-Mahrous was transferred to the Military Hospital once again after his health deteriorated due to the deliberate negligence by the Jaw Prison administration to treat him.

At least 500 prisoners are on hunger strike inside a Bahraini prison primarily used to detain prisoners of conscience, refusing food in protest at their detention conditions, the Guardian newspaper reported.

The Arab Organization for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to "examine the situation" of political detainees who have been on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison for 12 days, and called on them to "work to end the strike and respond to their legitimate demands, which represent the minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners and other detainees."