Ghada Jamshir

In a statement in December 2006 she said, The government is using the family law issue as a bargaining tool with opposition Islamic groups.

[2] In 2005, the Bahraini government brought three criminal charges against Jamshir for allegedly publicly defaming the Islamic family court judiciary, and faced a jail sentence of up to 15 years.

[4] Since 2006, Ghada Jamsheer has been under permanent surveillance, there is a 24-hour presence of plainclothes public security officials of the Ministry of the Interior outside her home.

[4] After her criticism of government policies, Bahrain authorities ordered the local media and press to prevent the publication of any news relating to Jamshir.

[4] Jamshir also claims that the Minister of the Royal Court gave her a direct threat demanding that she end her public work, after which the regime attempted to install a spy camera in her house, bugged her telephone, and sent individuals to bribe and blackmail her.