Bahrain activist Maryam al-Khawaja jailed for a year in absentia for assault | World news | The Guardian
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Abdulla al-Dossary, chief prosecutor of the Muhrarraq district, said the high criminal court had found Khawaja guilty of assaulting and injuring two policewomen at Bahrain international airport, the Bahrain News Agency said.
The agency did not say whether the other two charges had been upheld.
Khawaja said in a statement she had not returned to Bahrain to attend the trial as she did not recognise the independence of the court and the charge of assault had been trumped up. Her statement did not say where she was.