Bahrain must release activist dragged away from peaceful protest

Headline Title: Bahrain: Release activist dragged away from peaceful protest 19 December 2011 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…

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