Index on Censorship » Zainab Al-Khawaja http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Sat, 18 May 2013 18:40:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » Zainab Al-Khawaja http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Bahrain activist jailed for tearing up picture of king http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/09/bahrain-zainab-alkhawaja-bchr-jailed/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/09/bahrain-zainab-alkhawaja-bchr-jailed/#comments Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:19:38 +0000 Padraig Reidy http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=40598 Bahraini human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja has been sentenced to two months in prison after she allegedly tore up a picture of the ruler of the Gulf kingdom. Al-Khawaja is the daughter of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who has been in prison since April 2011. The BCHR was awarded [...]

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]]> Bahraini human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja has been sentenced to two months in prison after she allegedly tore up a picture of the ruler of the Gulf kingdom. Al-Khawaja is the daughter of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the head of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who has been in prison since April 2011. The BCHR was awarded the Index on Censorship Advocacy Award 2012. Speaking at an Index event at the British parliament earlier this month, Zainab’s sister Maryam al-Khawaja called on the United Kingdom to end its support for the Bahraini regime.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/09/bahrain-zainab-alkhawaja-bchr-jailed/feed/ 0 Bahrain: Court fines daughter of opposition activist http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/bahrain-court-fines-daughter-of-opposition-activist/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/bahrain-court-fines-daughter-of-opposition-activist/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 09:38:09 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=36676 A prominent opposition activist has been fined for insulting a government employee in Bahrain. Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of imprisoned activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for over three months, was arrested last month after protesting for the release of her father during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Despite being fined 200 dinars ($530), Zainab al-Khawaja [...]

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]]> has been fined for insulting a government employee in Bahrain. Zainab al-Khawaja, daughter of imprisoned activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who has been on hunger strike for over three months, was arrested last month after protesting for the release of her father during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Despite being fined 200 dinars ($530), Zainab al-Khawaja remains imprisoned on the charge of attempting to stage a protest. If convicted, the activist faces another charge or imprisonment. The case will be heard on 24 May.

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