Isa al-Jowder explained

Isa Al Jowder
عيسى الجودر
Nationality:Bahraini
Office:Deputy Secretary General of Haq Movement
Term Start:November 11, 2005
Term End:September 24, 2011
Successor:TBD
Birth Place:c. 1937
Death Date:September 24, 2011 (aged 74)[1]
Party:Haq movement
President:Hasan Mushaima

Sheikh Isa Abdullah Al Jowder (Arabic: الشيخ عيسى عبدالله الجودر) was a Sunni cleric and nationalist political activist in Bahrain. He was a member of the Haq Movement. He was a signatory to both the 1992 and the 1994 petitions calling on the then Amir to reinstate the authority of the 1973 elected parliament (dissolved by Amiri decree in 1975).He was briefly arrested by the government during the 1990s Uprising. He had previously been arrested for his political activities in 1957, 1963 and 1968.[2]

He died on Saturday, September 24, 2011.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121015165149/http://jurnaljazira.com/news.php?action=view&id=317 "وفاة نائب رئيس حركة حق السابق الشيخ عيسى الجودر (Archived)
  2. http://www.alwaqt.com/art.php?aid=59427 The Birth of the Popular Petition Committee
  3. الوسط العدد 3305 بتاريخ 25-09-2011م