Mohammed Ali Ahmad Mushaima (in Arabic محمد علي أحمد مشيمع) (c.1988 – 2 October 2012) was a Shia Bahraini political activist.
[1] Mushaima was pronounced dead in Manama, Bahrain, on 2 October 2012 as a result of complications from sickle-cell anemia.
Opposition sources say he died due to "torture and medical negligence" by the authorities.
[citation needed] Other jailed protesters have also died from the disease, a hereditary condition common in Bahrain, while in custody, prompting Human Rights Watch to call for an investigation.
[2] After his funeral, clashes erupted in Manama as protesters took to the streets demanding an investigation into the circumstances of Mushaima's death.