Hasan Mushaima

Hasan Mushaima (Arabic: حسن مشيمع‎) is an opposition leader in Bahrain and the secretary-general of the Haq Movement, an important opposition party in Bahrain. He is campaigning for more democratic rights in Bahrain. Before forming Haq, he was a founding member of Al Wefaq and a leading figure in the 1994 uprising in Bahrain.

The Bahrain government has placed Mushaima under arrest several times, twice arresting him during the 1994 uprising. He was later jailed from March 1995 to September 1995 and again from January 1996 till February 2001. Mushaima was re-arrested in February 2007 and jailed for one day, and then was arrested and imprisoned again from January 2009 to April 2009.

In 2010 Mushaima traveled to Great Britain to be treated for lung cancer.

Mushaima announced plans to return to Bahrain during the protests in February 2011, but authorities detained him in Lebanon while en route, possibly at the request of the Bahraini government.^[1] Mushaima finally did return to Bahrain on Saturday, February 26. On that day he was "welcomed like a rock star," by protestors in Pearl Square according to the Associated Press.^[2]. In 7th March 2011 Mushaima alongside with Abdulwahad Hussain the leader of Wafa movement and Saeed Alshehabi the leader of freedom movement announced the " Alliance for the Republic ", They believe that Bahraini regime lost the legitimacy after harsh crackdown against protesters using heavy weapons. After that Protesters start to chant " People want the fall of the regime ". After One week, Bahrain secuirty forces backed with Saudi troops crushed the protesters in the Pearl Square in a brutal crackdown. On 16 March 2011, Hassan Mushaima was arrested.

On 22 June 2011, Mushaima was sentenced to life imprisonment by a military court for "attempting to overthrow the monarchy".^[3].

References

• Front Line: Ongoing harassment of Bahraini human rights defenders
• Clashes erupt after two opposition figures are held in Bahrain