A Bahraini judge on Saturday postponed the start of the trial of human rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja by 10 days and ordered that she remain in custody, her lawyer said. Khawaja, who has joint Bahraini-Danish citizenship, has been charged with entering the country illegally, assaulting a policewoman at the airport and insulting King Hamad. The United Nations High Commissioner for human rights said in a statement on Friday that Khawaja's detention, and that of other political detainees, was arbitrary and expressed concern that her arrest was linked to her work promoting human rights. Khawaja appeared in court wearing a plastercast on her wrist and her lawyer, Mohammed al-Jishi, told Reuters that she had been injured during her arrest and denied that she had assaulted a police ******r.
09-15-2014, 10:55 AM
Bahrain postpones trial of prominent human rights activist
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