Bahrain\u2019s Zainab al-Khawaja released on bail
\n29 May, 2012 – PressTV<\/p>\n
Bahraini activist Zainab al-Khawaja has been released on bail one month after she was arrested for trying to organize an anti-regime protest.<\/p>\n
“We paid the bail today and she has already spent the month in jail, so she was freed,” her lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi told Reuters on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
On April 21, Zainab was arrested for trying to stage a protest in the capital city of Manama during the country’s Formula One Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
She was sentenced last week to one month in jail and was fined 200 dinars (USD 530) on a separate charge related to insulting a government employee.<\/p>\n
Jishi said Zainab is facing other charges related to trying to organize demonstrations in Manama and the next court hearing is set for June 24.<\/p>\n
Zainab is the daughter of prominent Bahraini opposition activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja.<\/p>\n
The kingdom has been the scene of anti-regime demonstrations since February 2011.
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