Saudi activist held in Bulgaria announces hunger strike

"I began an open-ended hunger strike on July 5 in protest of the Bulgarian authorities' violation of my human rights, European laws, and international treaties," Abd al-Rahman al-Khalidi told AFP. He was speaking by phone from the detention centre in Sofia where he has been held for nearly three years. He called on Bulgarian authorities to "immediately and unconditionally release" him. "I will continue my hunger strike until these demands are met," he said. "Any attempt to end the hunger strike...