Bahrain activist Zainab al-Khawaja sentenced to jail

         An activist in Bahrain, named Zanib Al-Khawaja, has been thrown in jail for humiliating a public employee. In the past she has also been put in jail for the destruction of public property, and entering a forbidden area. Al-Khawaja is an advocate for democracy, this is one of the first things the article tells us about her. It immediately appeals to pathos and logos as any member of any democratic nation will automatically feel inclined to sympathize with Al-Khawaja, and dislike her "oppressive" government. It appeals to logos as the author is showing that because she is pro-democratic we should support her, what her non-democratic country is doing to her is wrong. I neither dispute nor agree with whether her country is wrong or right, but this author is another bias figure. They also shows ethos, as he makes fun of her past offences when they explain that in the past she has been put in jail for one and two months, they proceed to put quotes around the word "prohibited area" to show how they doesn't believe the area was actually prohibited and they think its a little ridiculous that she was convicted. They goes on to talk about her being convicted for destroying public property. They then write, "Her lawyer said she had torn up a picture of the king.",   and this is their last sentence of the paragraph, forcing the reader to notice the sentence and contemplate the injustice of the government. The writer goes on to talk about the participation of the UN condemning the country from preventing people to have freedom of speech. The U.S is a signatory of this document. The writer recalls the way past protests have been suppressed in Bahrain, reinforcing the oppressive state.