A Bahraini court jailed on Thursday the daughter of prominent Bahraini activist for one month after convicting her of “attacking a policewoman and taking part in an illegal rally.”

A Bahraini court jailed on Thursday the daughter of prominent Bahraini activist for one month after convicting her of “attacking a policewoman and taking part in an illegal rally.”

Zainab al-Khawaja, the daughter of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, was charged with "using force against a policewoman and insulting her as forces of order tried to disperse an unauthorized rally" on April 21.

The court said that Zainab, who has been active in holding anti-government protests since security forces quelled a month-long uprising last year, obstructed traffic on the same day by sitting in the middle of the main King Faisal Road in Manama.

On Tuesday, a court adjourned to May 27 another case against Zainab in which she is charged with staging a rally with another woman in December in the middle of a roundabout on Budaiya highway, outside the capital, where Shiite demonstrators hold frequent protests.

She was forcefully removed by police after refusing to end her protest.
On Monday, a court fined her 200 dinars ($530) for “insulting a police officer.”

Abdulhadi al-Khawaja is one of the most prominent Bahraini-Danish human rights activists. He is currently in prison in Bahrain following the repression on pro-democracy protests in the Bahraini uprising. The activist has been since February 8 on a hunger strike.