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Arabia
Bahrain sentences activist's daughter to jail: lawyer
2012-12-11
[Dawn] A Bahraini court on Monday sentenced the daughter of prominent opposition activist Hadi al-Khawaja to one month in jail for taking part in an unauthorised demonstration, her lawyer said.
"Help me, Obi-wan! You're my only hope!"
Zainab al-Khawaja, the eldest of the Shia rights activist's daughters, was found guilty of entering the "prohibited area" of Pearl Square, the main symbol of 2011 protests crushed by security forces, on Feb 12, the lawyer said.
"Aren't you kinda short for a storm trooper?"
She also was fined 100 dinars ($258).
"But Alderan is peaceful!"
"You're far too trusting!"

Her lawyers disputed the charges, saying there was "no formal decision declaring that Pearl Square is a forbidden area".
"We have an emergency alert in detention block AA-23."
"The Princess? Put all sections on alert!"
"Obi-wan is here. The Force is with him!"
"If you're right, he must not be allowed to escape!"
"Escape is not his plan. I must face him, alone!"

Zainab al-Khawaja, whose father is serving a life sentence for plotting against the state, has faced justice on several occasions already this year.
"I don't like you either. You just watch yourself. We're wanted men. I have the death sentence on twelve systems!"
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