Zainab al-Khawaja and Nabeel Rajab among fellow demonstrators in Bani-Jamra, Bahrain, on March 11th, 2012, demanded the release of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the co-founder of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who has been imprisoned and tortured by the U.S.-backed monarchy since April 9th, 2011. Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, Zainab’s father, has been on a hunger strike since February 8th, 2012, and people around the world (including Amnesty International) are demanding urgent action on his behalf.
(Photo REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed)