DUBAI: A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced the daughter of prominent opposition activist Hadi Al Khawaja to one month in jail for taking part in an unauthorised demonstration, her lawyer said.
Zainab Al Khawaja, the eldest of the Shia rights activist’s daughters, was found guilty of entering the “prohibited area” of Pearl Square, the main symbol of 2011 protests crushed by security forces, on February 12, the lawyer said.
She also was fined 100 dinars ($258).
Her lawyers disputed the charges, saying there was “no formal decision declaring that Pearl Square is a forbidden area”.
Defence attorney Mohamed
Al Wasta also said on his Twitter account that the prosecution ordered Khawaja’s detention for a week on charges of incitement against the regime.
AFP
