Bahrain Extends Activist's Custody despite UN Outcry: Lawyer
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Bahraini court ruled Saturday that prominent rights activist Maryam al-Khawaja be kept behind bars for an extra 10 days despite a UN call for her release, her lawyer said.
The Bahraini co-director of the Persian Gulf Center for Human Rights, who also has Danish nationality, was arrested on August 30 on arrival in Manama in connection with an assault on a police officer at the airport.
Her lawyer Mohammad al-Jishi told AFP that the judge ordered that Khawaja be kept in custody on the same charge.
