News was circulating on Wednesday that Bahraini Human rights activist Abdulhadi Khawaja’s health was deteriorating. However, regime claimed the activist was in a good health.

News was circulating on Wednesday that Bahraini Human rights activist Abdulhadi Khawaja’s health was deteriorating. However, regime claimed the activist, who has been for more than 76 days on a hunger strike, was in a good health.

Khawaja “is in good health despite rumors”, interior ministry said in statement, adding that the activist was “in the hospital, receiving medical care”.

The statement by Bahrain's Interior Ministry came after social media postings raised alarms about the fate of Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike since February 8.

Bahraini human rights activist Mohamed Al-Maskati said Khawaja was hidden and transferred to an undisclosed location outside the military hospital.

For his part, human rights activist, Nabil Rajab wrote on his account on Twitter: “Khawaja’s family is concerned since he didn’t contact them as usual. We fear his life in danger”.

On the other hand, Khawaja's wife, Khadija al-Mousawi, told the Reuters news agency her husband had failed to call on Tuesday from the military hospital where he has been monitored during his hunger strike and she was unable to obtain any information on his health on Wednesday.

"Something is very wrong," Mousawi said. "He was talking about accepting death as the path of freedom. He sounded very weak and tired," she added, referring to her last conversation with Khawaja on Monday.

Khawaja, who holds dual Danish and Bahraini citizenship, was given a life sentence along with 13 other activists in June 2011 after being convicted on charges of inciting protests against the Manama regime.

Earlier, Amnesty International said that Bahraini regime was toying with Khawaja’s life as it was delaying the appeal of his case.

In a hearing on Monday lasting just a few minutes, the Court of Cassation in Manama, Bahrain postponed the appeal until 30 April, apparently without giving any reason for the decision. This is the second postponement since the court started considering the case on 2 April.