Zainab Alkhawaja is currently on dry hunger strike in prison in Bahrain, which she began on 17th March 2013, and her life is now at risk. Zainab refused to wear the orange prison suit that they tried to make her wear as humiliation, so as punishment they denied her family visiting rights, including visits from [...]
On Sunday 21st October 2012 three human rights defenders, Zainab Alkhawaja, Said Yousif Almuhafda and Naji Fateel, set off to visit the besieged village of Al-Eker in Bahrain, taking with them symbolic supplies of food and medicine. The three were in no way obstructing traffic, as can be seen in the video clip below, [...]
Human rights defender Zainab Alkhawaja has recently completed a two month prison sentence for ripping up a picture of King Hamad, which she did as a peaceful protest against the oppression of the Bahraini regime. She was released on 3rd October 2012 after being severely beaten by police, whilst in custody but now faces further charges [...]
Zainab was severely beaten on 2nd October 2012 and then released from prison on 3rd October but faces another trial in the morning of 4th October, on more farcical charges. Please contact the Whitehouse now to ask President Obama to express his concern. Zainab’s sister Maryam talks about her charges here. “There’s one video where [...]
On 2nd October 2012 Zainab was severely beaten at a police station whilst awaiting to see if she would be released or not. She had just completed a prison sentence of 2 months for ripping up a picture of the king of Bahrain. She was told that she would not be released as new charges [...]
Maryam Alkhawaja, sister of Zainab, read out this letter that Zainab had written whilst in prison, at the Freedom House Award which was presented on 20th September 2012. The award was granted to Zainab, her sister Maryam, and also their father Abdulhadi Alkhawaja who is serving a life sentence in prison in Bahrain. My father, my [...]
Just one beat Of her heart Would knock a thousand To their knees If you could hear Her pain Understand the suffering She sees Every martyr Every injury Every case of abuse She is there Feels it all But she never gets used To the tears Which will fall With the angels On and on [...]
Are you following @AngryArabiya on Twitter? She’s in prison in Bahrain today but will be tweeting again soon.
Zainab Alkhawaja was arrested on August 2nd 2012, for a lone protest at Al Qadam roundabout, against the continued arbitrary detention of her father. ‘Female police asked the head of the police station what they should do in case she refuses to give a blood sample, he reportedly responded “stick the needle in her neck”. Alkhawaja was [...]
