News at Eleven: Ayat al-Qurmozi, 20, was sentenced

to a year in prison for reciting a poem mocking Bahrain's Sunni rulers and demanding the king step down during pro-democracy protests led by the Shi'ite majority in March and February.

Qurmozi was released in July but banned from travel.

The Information Affairs Authority said in a statement Qurmozi was amongst those declared pardoned by King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa during a speech on Sunday.

from Updated News: Bahrain pardons protest poet
then MSN News: Vietnam pardons 10,000 prisoners, few dissidents

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