Twenty year old poet and student Ayat al-Gormezi was forced to turn herself in to the police after they threatened the lives of family members. Her crime: reading a poem at a pro-democracy rally. She is to face a military tribunal according to this story in the Independent.
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Will Bahraini authorities kill Ayat al-Gormezi for reading a poem?
Twenty year old poet and student Ayat al-Gormezi was forced to turn herself in to the police after they threatened the lives of family members. Her crime: reading a poem at a pro-democracy rally. She is to face a military tribunal according to this story in the Independent.
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