Muscat: Some jailed activists have threatened to go on hunger strike from February 9 in protest of a delay by the Supreme Court in acting on their request challenging the Muscat Appeal Court judgment that sentenced them to six months, according to their lawyer, Yaqoub Al Harthi.
He told Gulf News he has received a message from the imprisoned activists saying poet Said Al Hashemi, activists Badar Al Jabri as well as Nasser Saleh Al Gilani were among some of the activists planning to go on hunger strike if their appeal in the Supreme Court was not submitted.
The three along with media person Basma Rajhi, lawyer Basma Al Kiyumi, Mahmoud Al Rawahi, Mukhtar Al Hinai, Abdullah Al Gilani, Khalid Al Nofli, Mohammad Al Sazawi and Mahmoud Al Jamoudi were sentenced to six months in jail and given a 600 Omani riyals (Dh5,725) fine for wrongful gathering in Muscat.
At the time of the arrests they were protesting against the arrests of activists Esmail Al Muqabali, Habiba Al Hinai and Yaqoub Al Kharussi.
All 11 are lodged in the high security Sumayil Central Prison.
