Human rights activists under clampdown in Bahrain

Human rights groups are urging Bahrain to drop all criminal charges against prominent human rights activists Nabeel Rajab and Zainab al-Khawaja and release them as the charges violate their right to free expression. Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights issued their statements on Sunday also urging the Gulf kingdom to revoke all laws that violate freedom of speech, including those that criminalize any criticism of the monarch or state institutions. To help us understand what is happening in Bahrain is Maryam Alkhawaja, the Co-Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights