· December, 2011

Stories about Violent Threats from December, 2011

Bahrain: Blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja Brutally Arrested

  17 December 2011

Bahraini blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja, whose tweets @angryarabiya are keeping the world up-to-date with atrocities committed by the Bahraini regime against protesters, was brutally arrested on Friday. The mother of a two-year-old, whose father and husband are in jail, has been detained for seven days pending investigation. Netizens were on the ground and documented her arrest.

About our Violent Threats coverage

Stories about netizens who have been threatened with physical violence in connection with their online speech or other civic activities on the web.