Bahraini Police Fire Tear gas on Hunger Strikers
Maskati said the incident caused no injuries but that one of the hunger strikers, opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, was "hospitalized Tuesday as he suffered from hypotension and low blood sugar levels."
Bahraini police fired tear gas on hunger strikers protesting against their detention over last year's pro-democracy protests, an activist said, adding that one of them was admitted to hospital Tuesday.
"Riot police fired tear gas Monday on detainees on hunger strike in one of the cells," the head of the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR), Mohammed al-Maskati told AFP.
Maskati said that around 150 prisoners had joined the hunger strike launched by 14 activists on Sunday evening.
He said he and five other BYSHR activists not in custody had also gone on hunger strike in solidarity with the prisoners.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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