Zainab Alkhawaja, 27, human rights activist, arrested during a peaceful protest in Bahrain
It is here we see new heights of US hypocrisy regarding Bahrain become so clear, State Department special coordinator on Middle East affairs Frederic Hof told US lawmakers: “Does the regime permit peaceful protest? Does the regime allow the political opposition to organize, discuss and deliberate without fear of assassination or arrest?” He was talking about Syria.