Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a hunger strike for two months, is feared he has passed away, his lawyer says.

Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on a hunger strike for two months, is feared he has passed away, his lawyer says.

Mohammed al-Jeshi said the regime has been refusing requests to contact al-Khawaja, adding that this might mean that the hunger striker has passed away.

"Authorities have been refusing since yesterday (Sunday) all requests, made by myself and by his family, to visit or contact al-Khawaja”.
"We fear that he might have passed away as there is no excuse for them to prevent us from visiting or contacting him”, the lawyer said, adding there was no information available on the hunger striker’s health.

On Saturday, Danish Foreign minister called on the Bahrain to send al-Khawaja, who holds the Danish nationality.
However the regime on Sunday refused to send the activist 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 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, including Amnesty International, have asked the regime to release him on humanitarian grounds.