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The Nightmare Gets Worse for An American Woman and Her Child Trapped In Bahrain by Phyllis Chesler Fox News August 27, 2010 http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/845/american-woman-child-trapped-in-bahrain Send Comment RSS Share: Excerpt: On Thursday, August 26 in Bahrain, the country's police stormed into the home where Yazmin Maribel Bautista was hiding her five-year-old daughter, Fatima, an American citizen. She was hiding her child to keep her from being handed over to her Bahraini father for weekend visitation as ordered by a local court. Yazmin, an American citizen from Arizona, was helpless to prevent this from happening. Her lawyer, Majid Shehab, who nobly took on the case pro bono, was arrested for trying to report the police and keep them from taking the child away. The lawyer has since been bailed out. Yazmin does not know whether her daughter, Fatima, will be returned to her. She also does not know whether it is safe for her to remain in the country. Yazmin has no money, no job, no financial resources, and no powerful relatives who can help her fight for her daughter. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Motherhood & Custody
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