Jalila Salman
The Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA) was under focus even before the uprising because of our work. The regime sees us as a problem because we educate teachers about their rights.
Jalila Salman, Vice President of the Bahrain Teachers Association (BTA), was among several board members of the Bahrain Teachers’ Association (BTA) arrested in Manama after the group called for a teachers’ strike amid wide-scale pro-reform protests in March 2011.
In 2011 Bahrainis initiated protests, as part of what became known as the 'Arab Spring', aimed at promoting reforms in the country and demanding full rights for all citizens. Human rights defenders, medical workers, journalists and others were rounded up in the crackdown that followed, with many ultimately facing trials on trumped up charges and imprisonment.
