A/HRC/57/60 Mr. Al-Singace and Mr. Al-Khawaja, as well as updates on their health conditions. The Government also informed about measures taken to prevent human rights violations against inmates by members of the prison authorities and security personnel. 12. According to information received by OHCHR, on 7 January 2024 Mr. Al-Singace started a hunger strike (except for water) after his family was subjected to harsh measures during their visit to Kanoo Medical Center. Prior to this, Mr. Al-Singace had been sustaining himself on multivitamin liquid supplements, tea with milk and sugar, water, and salts since July 2021. This solid food strike was to protest the confiscation of his intellectual property. 13. According to information received by OHCHR, from 9 to 14 May 2023 Mr. Al-Khawaja reportedly staged a daily protest in the yard of Jau Prison demanding adequate medical care. On 9 August 2023, Mr. Al-Khawaja joined other prisoners in a collective hunger strike 14 to protest for prison conditions, denial of medical care, and continued arbitrary detention. On 12 August 2023 he was taken to the intensive care unit of the Bahrain Defense Force Hospital due to cardiac problems. 14. On 15 September 2023, Ms. Maryam Al-Khawaja, daughter of Mr. Al-Khawaya and a woman human rights defender, was prevented from checking in at London Heathrow Airport for a flight to Bahrain to visit her father and could not board the plane. The case of Ms. Maryam Al-Kawaya was included in the 2013 report 15 of the Secretary-General on allegations of surveillance, intimidation and smearing in national media linked to her participation in an NGO side-event during 21st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva and in connection with the 2nd cycle of the Universal Periodic review of Bahrain.16 15. The cases of human rights defender Mr. Sayed Ahmed Al-Wadaei and several of his relatives have been included in the reports of the Secretary-General since 2022, and before that in 2019 and 2020,17 on allegations of arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment, removal of citizenship and reprisals for Mr. Al-Wadaei’s continuous engagement with the United Nations. In 2018, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 18 found the detention of Mr. Al-Wadaei’s relatives to be arbitrary, based on their family ties and in reprisal for Mr. Al-Wadaei’s cooperation with the United Nations. Mr. Al-Wadaei has resided in exile since 2012. 16. The situation of Mr. Sayed Nazar Naama Baqqer Ali Yusuf Alwadaei, the brother-in-law of Mr. Al-Wadaei, was included in the 2023 report of the Secretary-General on allegations of imprisonment in reprisals for the activism of Mr. Al-Wadaei (A/HRC/51/29 para. 29). According to information received by OHCHR, on 8 April 2024 Mr. Sayed Nazar Naama Baqqer Ali Yusuf Alwadaei was released unconditionally on royal pardon and reunited with his family. 17. The case of Mr. Hassan Mushaima was included in the 2021 and 2023 reports of the Secretary-General, and prior to that in the 2011 and 2012 reports, 19 on allegations of conviction and life sentencing on terrorism charges following his engagement with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. Special procedures mandate holders addressed his situation on multiple occasions,20 to which the Government replied.21 Mr. Mushaima is the former Secretary of the Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 38 https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/08/comment-un-human-rights-office-spokespersonravina-shamdasani-continued. A/HRC/24/29, para. 19. BHR 10/2012, see Government reply at https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=33163. A/HRC/39/41, Annex I para. 5; A/HRC/42/30, Annex II, paras. 3–6; A/HRC/45/36, Annex II paras. 1–4; A/HRC/51/47 Annex II paras. 10 and 15; A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, paras. 9–10. A/HRC/WGAD/2018/51, paras. 85, 93 and 96. A/HRC/48/28, Annex II paras. 5–6; A/HRC/21/18, paras. 53–54; A/HRC/18/19, paras. 15–24; A/HRC/54/61, Annex II para. 11. BHR 1/2019; BHR 5/2014; BHR 4/2012; BHR 17/2011; BHR 4/2011; BHR 3/2011; BHR 2/2007. https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=30648; https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=30287; https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=30187; https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadFile?gId=30864; GE.24-14259