her poems, in which she slammed the ruling regime and Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifah Ibn Salman al-Khalifah, during protests in Pearl Square in the capital city, Manama, Fardanews reported. Shortly afterwards, Ghermezi received an influx of insulting and intimidating letters and emails, but when she referred to the police to report the threats, she was insulted and mocked by officers, her family says.
In late March, security forces raided Ghermezi's home twice, threatening her family to reveal Ayat's whereabouts, otherwise they would "destroy the house over your heads, by the order of high-ranking officials."
from Press TV: Bahraini forces rape, kill female poet
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Ayat al-Ghermezi is alive. See here:
Ayat al-Gormezi, 20, a poet and student arrested
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