Bahrain Mirror: Detained Shiite cleric Mirza Al-Mahrous started a hunger strike in Jaw Prison, Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society said via its Twitter account.
Al-Wefaq explained that Al-Mahrous decided to launch a hunger strike in protest against preventing him from seeing his son, who is also arrested in Jaw Prison.
Al-Mahrous is serving a life-term sentence along with his companions, the figures, over their role in the Februaury 2011 protests.