Human Rights Activist Abduljalil Al-Singace’s life is in imminent danger.

SALAM DHR calls for his immediate release and transfer to a specialised medical facility on health grounds.

Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (SALAM DHR) is following, with grave concern, the serious developments related to the health of Bahraini human rights detainee Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, in light of information and testimonies indicating that he has entered a critical stage, resulting from the ongoing denial of treatment and necessary medical care by Bahraini authorities. According to first-hand testimonies and direct statements received by SALAM DHR from Dr. Al-Singace’s family, on 29 December 2025, he stopped consuming saline solutions, which constituted the minimum source of nutrition he relied upon. Since 8 July 2021, he has continued an open-ended hunger strike in protest against the confiscation of a research study he spent four years writing inside prison and the continued denial of essential medications required to treat chronic illnesses from which he suffers.

Recent information provided to SALAM DRH indicates that Dr. Al-Singace is currently detained at Muharraq Health Care Center, in a low-temperature room without heating and is deprived of winter clothing. The relevant authorities are also refusing to dispense his medications on the pretext that they are unavailable, further exacerbating his fragile condition.

Dr. Al-Singace is an academic and a person with disabilities (having suffered from polio as a child). He has been a political detainee since 17 March 2011, is a victim of torture, and is serving a life sentence. A UN committee and a group of experts have classified Al-Singace’s detention as arbitrary and found that he did not receive a fair trial in accordance with international standards. SALAM DHR previously published a report documenting the use of denial of treatment or medical neglect as an organised, premeditated method of inflicting harm on political prisoners, a practice it declared a “slow death policy.”

SALAM DHR calls for immediate measures to ensure Dr. Al-Singace’s transfer to a specialised medical care facility, provide adequate heating, and allow him to obtain appropriate winter clothing. This should be followed by the initiation of swift procedures for his release and allowing him to receive treatment in a healthy environment rather than under punitive conditions.  Bahraini law allows for his release by the sentence-execution of a judge in light of his health conditions, and it should be seriously considered by Bahrain’s courts.

SALAM DHR further affirms that the Bahraini Ministry of Interior bears full legal responsibility, particularly the Minister of Interior, for any further deterioration in Dr. Al-Singace’s health or any harm he may suffer as a result of ongoing neglect.