Locked up for reading a poem - Middle East, World - The Independent

Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/locked-up-for-reading-a-poem-2292032.html

Ayat al-Gormezi, 20, a poet and student arrested two months ago after reading out a poem at a pro-democracy rally, is due to go on trial today before a military tribunal, her mother said. Ayat was forced to turn herself in when masked policemen threatened to kill her brothers unless she did so.

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Uploaded by Amnesty International (Emerson) on 02 June 2011

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Bahrain's security forces are increasingly targeting women in their campaign against pro-democracy protesters despite yesterday lifting martial law in the island kingdom.

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