UN Welcomes Bahrain's Move on Activist Cases The U.N. human rights office is welcoming Bahrain's move to re-examine cases against activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja and 20 others convicted last year by a military-led tribunal. A spokesman for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights says Bahraini authorities have now "recognized the importance of moving away from military justice for civilians." A Bahraini man looks at an image of jailed hunger striker Abdulhadi al-Khawaja painted on a wall in Barbar, Bahrain, west of the capital of Manama, on Monday, April 30, 2012. Rupert Colville told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday there is no reason for al-Khawaja to be held "incommunicado" - and the jailed Bahraini hunger striker should have immediate access to family, a doctor, a lawyer and the Danish ambassador. Denmark wants custody of al-Khawaja, who holds Danish citizenship and began a hunger strike Feb. 8. Colville says al-Khawaja should be transferred to a civilian hospital.