{"id":5798,"date":"2012-02-11T09:38:32","date_gmt":"2012-02-11T16:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5798"},"modified":"2012-02-11T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-11T16:53:02","slug":"mic-check-witness-huwaida-arraf-arrest-by-king-hamads-barney-boys-of-idiocy-can-you-hear-us-now-mr-posner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=5798","title":{"rendered":"Mic Check – Witness Huwaida Arraf Arrest by King Hamad’s Barney Boys of Idiocy, can you hear us now Mr. Posner?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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11 February, 2012
\n\u201cWitness Bahrain\u201d Launched as Ongoing Revolution Marks First Year<\/strong>
\nInternational Observers Arrive in Bahrain<\/p>\n

Manama – Today, human rights defenders launched the \u201cWitness Bahrain\u201d initiative to monitor and report on the repression of Arab Spring democracy activists in the Kingdom of Bahrain. \u201cWitness Bahrain\u201d is a group of international observers, primarily from the United States, who have responded to the call of Bahraini human rights activists to witness their revolution, stand with them at protests, in hospitals and in villages, and to tell the world what they see. The government of Bahrain has denied entry to a number of prominent journalists and human rights workers in the lead-up to the one-year anniversary of the massive and ongoing pro-democracy movement. …more<\/a><\/p>\n

Huwaida Arraf – Palestinian American human rights activist & lawyer. Co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement; Chairwoman of the Free Gaza Movement – Stopped in Bahrain to Witness for Human Rights on behalf of freedom loving people everywhere<\/strong><\/p>\n