In previous years I tweeted about prisoners of conscience while I was travelling home. This year I sadly cannot go home and see my family. Nevertheless I plan to tweet over day about political prisoners. Thank you for all your RT and for your support during the year. #Christmas

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @Ahmed_Mansoor, a human rights activist, poet, father of four boys who serves 10 years in prison for highlighting human rights violations. He has been in solitary confinement since his arrest more than 3 years 9 months ago #FreeAhmed

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @DrAlRoken a human rights lawyer from #UAE. He was arrested on 17 July 2012 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison on an unfair mass trial. He was convicted for defending others as a lawyer. #FreeAlRoken #UAE94

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @N_BinGhaith, an academic, economist &human rights defender. He was arrested on 18 August 2015. For the next 18 months he was disappeared. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He has been on hunger strike several times. #FreeBinGhaith

My thoughts are on this #ChristmasEve also with all other prisoners of conscience in #UAE, in particular with Amina al Abdouli & Maryam al Balushi who remain behind bars even so their sentences came to an end. #FreeAmina #FreeMaryam #FreeAllPoliticalPrisoners

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @raif_badawi and his family. He was arrested on 17 June 2012 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1000 lashes. He is married to @miss9afi and they have three children Tirad, Najwa and Miriyam. They live in Canada #FreeRaif

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @WaleedAbulkhair, a human rights lawyer who is in prison for defending others. He was arrested on 15 April 2014 and serves 15 years in prison. #FreeWaleed

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @LoujainHathloul and her family ( @WalidAlhathloul @LinaAlhathloul @alia_ww She was arrested on 15 May 2018 and her trial is still ongoing. She was tortured and sexually harassed, all because she stands up for women’s rights. #FreeLoujain

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @nasema33 (Nassima al-Sadha) and her family. She was arrested on 30 July 2018 for her advocacy for women’s rights. Also she is still on trial and she has already spent long time in solitary confinement. #FreeNassima #StandWithSaudiHeroes

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with @samarbadawi15 a brave women’s rights activist who started legal proceedings for women’s right to vote. She was arrested on 30 July 2018 and also her trial is still ongoing #FreeSamar

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are also with Nouf Abdulaziz and Maya’a al-Zahrani. Both are women’s rights activists. Nouf was arrested on 6 June 2018 and Maya’a was arrested on 9 June 2018. Both are still in prison and on trial. #FreeNouf #FreeMayaa

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are also with @HatoonALFASSI @Saudiwoman @azizayousef and the other Saudi activists who were arrested between May and July 2018. They were temporarily released, but they still might face years in prison #StandWithSaudiHeroes

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with the poet #AshrafFayadh. He was arrested on 6 Aug 2013 because of his poetry. He was released, but in Jan 2014 rearrested. He was initially sentenced to death. Then the sentence was replaced with 8 years in prison & 800 lashes #FreeAshraf

My thoughts on this #ChristmasEve are with #DawoudAlmarhoon #AbdullahAlzaher #AliMohammedAlNimr. All three were arrested when they were mere boys. They were sentenced to death. The sentences were commuted but they are still in prison #FreeThe3 #SaveThe3

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with Ahmet Altan. He is a Turkish writer and has already spent 1546 days unjustly in prison. #FreeAhmetAltan #AhmetAltanaÖzgürlük @YaseminCongar_ @P24Punto24

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay is with #OsmanKavala, a Turkish business man, philanthropist and human rights defender. He has now spent 1151 days in prison. He is still on trial, even so EUCtHR ordered his release #OsmanKavalayaÖzgürlük #FreeOsmanKavala

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay is with #NedimTürfent, a Turkish journalist and poet. He was arrested on 12 May 2016 and was sentenced to 8 years 9 months in prison. His conviction is based on forced confessions #FreeNedimTürfent #Journalismisnotacrime

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay is with the Kurdish poet @ilhan_comak. He was arrested in 1994 when he was 22 years old & was sentenced to life in prison for an alleged membership with the Kurdish Workers Party. He denies the charges and confessed under torture #FreeIlhanÇomak

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with #SelahattinDemirtaş, Kurdish writer and politician. He was arrested in November 2016. He could face 142 years in prison when convicted. A few days ago ECtHR ordered his release, but he is still in prison #FreeSelahattinDemirtaş

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with #ParweezJawad. He is over 70 years old and was arrested on 22 March 2011. He is an independent human rights activist and @HussainMJawad father. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He is not in good health. #Free_Parweez

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with #HassanMushaima. He is also over 70 years old and @AMushaima father. He is a politician and Shia cleric in Bahrain. He is a cancer survivor. He was arrested on 17 March 2011 and was sentenced to life in prison #FreeHassanMushaima

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with #KhalilAlHalwachi @FatiimaHalwachi father. He is a scholar of engineering and political activist. He was arrested on 3 September 2014 and sentenced to 10 years in prison on trumped up charges #FreeKhalilAlHalwachi #Bahrain

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with #MohammedRamadan and #HussainAliMoosa. Both were sentenced to death in an unfair trial and based on forced confessions. #AbolishTheDeathPenalty #StopExecutionsInBahrain

My thoughts on this #ChristmasDay are with #AbdulhadiAlKhawaja arrested on 9 April 2011 and #AbdujalilAlSingace arrested on 17 March 2011, both sentenced to life in prison and all the other Bahraini prisoners of conscience