Bahrain activist on hungerstrike

Dubai: Jailed Bahraini activist Abdulhadi alKhawaja has been on hungerstrike for a week seeking release, his lawyer said on Sunday, adding that the authorities have arrested his daughter at the airport. “Abdulhadi is continuing with the hungerstrike he began on August 25” in Jaw prison near Manama, said lawyer Mohammed al- Jishi. The prisoner’s condition was “stable even though he suffered from hypotension two days ago,” said Mr Jishi of the last time he saw his client. Hundreds of Shias have been arrested and many have faced trials over their role in anti- regime protests that erupted in February 2011.