Ali Haji, a human rights activist who spent 10 years in prison, faces a prison sentence if convicted by the court this week on charges of "violating the ban on restricted areas".

Political prisoner Ali Haji revealed a part of the transgressions practiced by the medical cadre in charge of Jaw Central Prison clinic and the complicity of the staff with the prison administration, and transferring the prison pharmacy into a commercial pharmacy.

Sources from activists reported that human rights defender suffered a health setback on Tuesday night.

UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights defenders Michel Forst expressed via his Twitter account his growing concerns over Haji and Fateel.

The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) sent a letter to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government on behalf of Bahraini political prisoner Ali Haji, based on a statement Haji had sent to the BIRD earlier this month.