Bahrain must release activist dragged away from peaceful protest

The Bahrain authorities must release a prominent activist dragged away along the ground in handcuffs from a peaceful protest, Amnesty International said today.  

Blogger and activist Zainab al-Khawaja, whose father and husband are both in prison in the aftermath of popular protests this year, has been charged with taking part in an illegal public gathering, showing contempt of the regime and assaulting a police officer. 

Video and photographs of her sitting in protest on her own at a roundabout on 15 December, then being handcuffed and dragged along the ground by the handcuffs into a police car contradict the contention that she assaulted the arresting officer.

Thankfully, she was released the next day (see @angryarabiya), but she’s probably angrier than ever.

You might recall I posted about this woman earlier this month - When Its Time To Take A Stand.