BCHR | Amnesty Int'l: Bahrain: Activist Arrested Again In Bahrain: Zai
 

16-12-12 02:22 PM

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Further information on UA: 232/12 Index: MDE 11/069/2012 Bahrain Date: 13 December 2012
Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested on 9 December and her detention has been extended twice. She was also sentenced the following day to one month’s imprisonment in relation to earlier charges of entering a restricted area and participating in an illegal gathering. This is her fifth arrest and detention since December 2011.
Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested on 9 December after holding a photograph of an injured protester while attempting to visit him at the Salmaniya Medical Complex in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. On 10 December the Public Prosecutor’s Office (PPO) ordered her detention for another week pending investigation and she was charged with “inciting hatred against the regime”. On 13 December the PPO extended her detention until 27 December.
On 10 December the Lower Criminal Court in Manama sentenced Zainab Al-Khawaja to one month’s imprisonment for entering a restricted area (the Pearl Roundabout) and participating in an illegal gathering on 12 February 2012. The verdict has, however, been suspended pending a ruling by the Court of Appeal in the case and following a bail payment of 100 Bahraini dinars (around US$265).
Zainab Al-Khawaja is still facing several other trials. On 26 December the Lower Criminal Court is set to to issue its verdict in the case against her and Ma’suma Sayyid Sharaf on charges of "illegal gathering" and "inciting hatred against the regime", for which they had been previously detained for several days in December 2011. The court hearing into the case of “obstructing the traffic on 21 April 2012 near the Financial Harbour” and “insulting a police officer” has been scheduled for 27 December. Other court hearings have been scheduled for the new year.

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