Zainab al-Khawaja

Overview

Zainab al-Khawaja born Damascus October 21, 1983. Bahraini human rights activist. Underwent 10-day hunger strike to protest detentions of her family, 2011. Arrested for sit-in at UN office, 2011; again arrested and beaten while in police custody, 2011. Arrested three times, 2012. Arrested and sentenced to three years in prison for destroying a picture of King Hamad, 2014.

Quotations

“People are sick and tired of living in a country where they cannot speak about what is on their mind. I am speaking out, but we are paying a high price for it.” (Spiegel, April 29, 2012; photo Wikipedia)