Urgent; Ayat al-Gormezi, the Poet of Bahrain Movement Released<\/p>\n
Ayat al-Gormezi, 20, a poet and student arrested months ago after reading out a poem at a prodemocracy rally, and went on trial before a military tribunal released now.<\/p>\n
Urgent; Ayat al-Gormezi, the Poet of Bahrain Movement Released<\/p>\n
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – 20 year-old poet Ayat al-Gormezi who had a one-year prison sentence unjustly imposed on her 12 June 2011 for reading a poem released this afternoon.<\/p>\n
Bahrain\u2019s National Safety Court of First Instance claimed in sentencing Ayat that she was guilty of \u201cinciting hatred of the regime and of being involved in a rally to commit crimes.\u201d Masked police arrested Ayat at her home on 30 March for reciting a poem critical of the monarchy during a pro-democracy rally in the capital Manama in February.<\/p>\n
No crime deserves such debasing and inhumane treatment — and certainly not the “crime” of reciting a poem, no matter how critical it is of the ruling government or its leader. …source<\/a><\/p>\n