Rights groups urge US to press for prominent Bahraini prisoner’s release

Dozens of human rights groups have called on the US and other western governments to advocate for the release of prominent Bahraini opposition figure Abduljalil al-Singace, who has been on a hunger strike in prison for nearly 200 days.
The letter, seen by Middle East Eye, was sent on Monday to the US State Department and called on the administration to raise concerns with Bahraini officials of Singace’s “inadequate medical treatment”, as well as concerns over the confiscation of his research.
‘This is a test case on how the US reacts to their closest allies when they infringe upon human rights’
“The United States has claimed to be centering human rights in its foreign policy but they have yet to call for the release of Dr. Al-Singace,” said Husain Abdulla, a Bahraini exile who founded Americans for Democracy and Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB).
The letter was sent by ADHRB, the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (Bird), Amnesty International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and 23 other groups.