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Bahrain: Imprisoned for playing revolutionary songs in her car
15 December 2011 – Freemuse

According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), 38 year old Fadhila Al Mubarak has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for participating in peaceful protests and for playing a revolutionary CD in her car.

On 27 March 2011, Fadhila Al Mubarak was asked to pull over at a checkpoint because she had a CD with revolutionary songs playing in her car. She had her 9 year old son with her in the car at the time of the arrest. According to BCHR she was insulted, called names and cursed at.

No contact during detention
It took four days for Fadhila Al Mubarak’s family to find out in which police station she was held in custody. She was detained for about one month and during the period of her detention, her family was not allowed to visit her nor talk to her over the phone. When family members tried to appoint her a lawyer, the request was rejected by the military court.

On 17 May, Fadhila Al Mubarak was convicted of offending a public official, inciting hatred towards the regime by playing an audio recording of revolutionary music, taking part in illegal protests and possession of a poem about the Bahriani revolution. She was sentenced by the military court to four years of imprisonment without being represented by a lawyer. …more