Maryam al-Khawaja

Overview

Maryam al-Khawaja born Damascus June 26, 1987. Bahraini human rights activist. International spokesperson for Bahrain Center for Human Rights. Exiled and arrested on return, 2014; released and sentenced to year in prison, in absentia.

Quotations

“When you're talking about human rights, it's black and white. . . There's no excuse for committing human rights violations.” (Alalam, Aug. 27, 2013)