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Abdulhadi Al Khawaja – You are not forgotten

by Phlipn Pagee

Bahrain: Letter to Abdulhadi Al Khawaja – You are not forgotten
20 December, 2013 – fidh

Dear Abdulhadi,

I know that you won’t get this letter but I hope that you will at least hear of it. I just want you to know that you are not forgotten and that your friends and former colleagues in Front Line Defenders are thinking of you.

Here in Ireland people are finishing up for the holidays and getting ready to spend time with their friends and families. I am deeply conscious of the fact that while you remain in prison , your daughter Zainab is also in prison and your other daughter Maryam has to continue her work for human rights in Bahrain from outside the country.

Human rights defenders pay a high price for their courage but governments should realise that they will be remembered for their c