Bahrain: Further information: Zainab Al-Khawaja sentenced; trials continue

Index Number: MDE 11/035/2012
Date Published: 25 May 2012
Categories: Bahrain

Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja’s trials are continuing. She and another woman both started a five-day hunger strike on 20 May in protest against their continuing detention. Zainab Al-Khawaja has been sentenced to one month in prison in one of her trials.