Najah Yusuf pardoned following three years in prison for Facebook post against race and regime
An activist who was assaulted, tortured and imprisoned for three years for criticising the Formula One race in Bahrain has been freed by authorities today.
Najah Yusuf, a former Bahraini civil servant and mother of four children, was jailed in April 2017 after she criticised the race and the regime on Facebook. Yusuf was pardoned under a concession ahead of the Islamic holiday Eid al-Adha, which takes place on Sunday, and is the first political prisoner to be released since 2011. Her family received a phone call from Isa Town prison in Bahrain to confirm Yusuf could go home.
Written by Nosheen Iqbal
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/10/bahrain-activist-jailed-for-criticising-grand-prix-released under the title “Bahrain activist jailed after Grand Prix criticism is released”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
