On March 29, 2019, the political activist Ali Mushaima, the son of detained scholar Hassan Mushaima, said that his father was still waiting for the results of his cancer examination made more than seven months ago.
Mashaima expressed the family's fears about his father's life, saying: "Our feeling is confirmed by the intention to liquidate our father, Mr. Hassan Mushaima". The denial of treatment is a crime against a man of 71 years old, as he is serving the ninth year in prison, explaining that he needs to be checked every 6 months and he is not allowed to see doctors to examine his chronic diseases.
He added that the prison administration of Joe has been blackmailing his father for the treatment in addition to the humiliating restrictions, contrary to what al-Khalifa Embassy in London had said that he would be taken for medical appointments.
