Bahraini regime refused on Sunday to send the prominent human rights activists Abdulhadi Khawaja, who has been facing death after going for two months on a hunger strike, to Denmark.

Bahraini regime refused on Sunday to send the prominent human rights activists Abdulhadi Khawaja, who has been facing death after going for two months on a hunger strike, to Denmark.

"The handover of accused and convicted persons to foreign countries takes place under specific conditions ... This does not apply in Abdulhadi al-Khawaja's case," a Supreme Judiciary Council official said, quoted by state news agency BNA.
The statement did not give any further details.

On Saturday, the agency said that Foreign Minister had received a letter from his Danish counterpart asking Khawaja, who also holds the Danish nationality, be transferred to Denmark.

"Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa received a written letter from Danish Foreign Minister Villy Soevndal asking Abdulhadi al-Khawaja be transferred to Denmark since he holds Danish citizenship," it said.
The request was referred to the head of the Supreme Judicial Council.

The health of Khawaja has been deteriorating in these days, with the activists was being transferred to a hospital inside the prison.
Bahrainis have been in the recent days staging rallies across the country, voicing support the activist and demanding his release.

In June, Al-Khawaja was handed down a life sentence for having led an anti-regime protest earlier last year. Human rights groups have asked the regime to release him on humanitarian grounds.