Bahrain Poet Jailed for Criticizing the Government Released
Bahrain protests in March 2011 (photo: Al Jazeera English)
Marco Werman talks with Nabeel Rajab, President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, about Ayat al Gormezi, a poet who was jailed after reading a poem critical of government at a rally in February. Al Gormezi was released from jail yesterday.
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