<p>Ali Mushaima, the son of a prominent opposition figure jailed in Bahrain, has been on hunger strike outside the Bahraini embassy in London since August 1</a>.</p><p>Mushaima has demanded</a> medical care for his 70-year-old father, Hassan Mushaima, and accused the Bahraini authorities of refusing treatment. He has also asked for family visits and the delivery of books to his father to be allowed.</p><p>This footage here shows two British policemen talking to Ali Mushaima, who is seen sitting outside the Bahraini embassy in London.</p><p>Amnesty International said in a statement released on August 6</a> that Bahraini authorities “deliberately denied proper medical care for four elderly jailed activists, Hassan Mshaima, Abdel-Jalil al-Singace, Abdel-Wahab Hussain and Abdel-Jalil al-Miqdad, subjecting them to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and putting their lives at risk.”</p><p>The four were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2011, Amnesty said. Credit: Moosa Abd Ali via Storyful</p><br />
