Gulf | Bahrain
Woman jailed for listening to revolutionary song freed
Bahraini opposition gives her big welcome
- Reuters
- Published: 00:00 February 8, 2012
Manama: A Bahraini woman whom rights group Amnesty International said was jailed for listening to a revolutionary song in her car has been freed and given a hero's welcome by a 10,000-strong opposition rally, a rights activist said yesterday.
Fadhila Al Mubarak was detained during martial law last year at a checkpoint for listening to a tape praising a pro-democracy protest movement that erupted in February, Saeed Yousuf Al Muhafda said.
She was sentenced to four years in jail for taking part in the Pearl Roundabout protests, inciting hatred of the government and insulting an official, Al Muhafda said. The sentence was later cut to 18 months and must still be appealed.
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