Maryam al-Khawaja
Bahrain Detains Activist and Her Baby Son in Ongoing 'Cat-and-Mouse' Crackdown
VICE News spoke to the sister of Bahraini human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja shortly after her arrest. Khawaja was taken from her home with her infant son.
Human Rights Activist Imprisoned for Allegedly Insulting Bahrain Government on Twitter
The UN has called for Bahrain to release Nabeel Rajab, saying his detention sends "a chilling message" to other activists who criticize the government of the US ally.
Bahrain May Have Jailed One Too Many Human Rights Activists
If Maryam al-Khawaja is convicted, Bahrain's embattled King will invite even more outrage from the international community — and Bahrainis.
This Woman’s Dad Was Tortured and Imprisoned in Bahrain
Maryam Al-Khawaja was in the United States when her phone rang. Back in Bahrain, her native country, a government crackdown on the massive prodemocracy uprising was proceeding at a ferocious pace. The president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights...
Things Are Still Going Terribly in Bahrain
To find out about the country's mostly ignored human rights crisis and the actions the government has been taking against its own people, I spoke with Maryam al-Khawaja, the acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who told me people...