Bahrain Mirror: The Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS) said it had received numerous calls and appeals from families and others expressing grave concern about the situation of political prisoners on hunger strike in Jaw Central Prison for several days, with the aim of achieving their demands.

The society appealed the official authorities through the "X" platform to "exert efforts and endeavors to solve the humanitarian situation of prisoners on hunger strike, especially after reports that some of them fainted."

It called on the authorities to abide by the Basic Principles for the Treatment of Prisoners, adopted by United Nations General Assembly resolution 45/111 of 14 December 1990, including that all prisoners shall be treated with the respect due to their inherent dignity and value as human beings.

The society stressed  that "the right to treatment, the right to education, the right to external communication and the right to health care are from the human rights."

It considered that "prisoners starting hunger strike despite the presence of patients and the elderly among them gives a clear vision that the prisoners of Jaw Prison are not getting their full rights, which prompted them to start the strike."

Meanwhile, the Bahrain Human Rights Society called on the prison administration to "hold negotiations with the prisoners and reach satisfactory solutions," and called on the concerned authorities to "enable it to visit Jaw Central Prison to consider the condition of the prisoners as soon as possible."

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