Son of man on death row sends letter asking for help to Lewis Hamilton

The son of a man on death row in Bahrain has again sent a drawing to seven-time Formula One champion Sir Lewis Hamilton, still hopeful that the British driver can help save his father’s life.

Ahead of Sunday’s season-opening F1 race in Bahrain, Ahmed proudly held up the drawing of Sir Lewis’s famed No. 44 Mercedes car along with his own words of hope: ” Sir Lewis, another F1 where my innocent father is on death row. Please help free him.”

The 12-year-old is the son of Mohammed Ramadhan, a former member of Bahrain’s security forces facing the death penalty.

The drawing was shown to the Associated Press by Ahmed, who was accompanied by his mother Zainab Ebrahim when they spoke during an interview on Thursday in Bahrain.

A copy of the drawing was also sent to Sir Lewis’s team by the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy.

Ahmed spoke softly as he talked about why he drew it.

“I did this drawing to encourage Lewis,” he said. Composing himself with a deep breath, he added: “There are lot of stories that Lewis can influence and can help change.”

It’s the second time he’s drawn Sir Lewis’s car and sent it to the star British driver, in the hope he can have an outcome on his father’s future.

His father was one of three alleged torture victims who personally wrote to Sir Lewis in November 2020.

Mohammed Ramadhan detailed how he was arrested after supporting Bahrain’s pro-democracy uprising, and then allegedly framed in a murder case and beaten with iron bars in order to extract his confession.

After reading those letters Sir Lewis vowed not to ignore pleas to improve human rights in Bahrain and other countries where F1 hosts races.

“Lewis is the best,” Ahmed said, smiling when asked what he thinks of the driver’s ongoing