Human rights defenders often confront obstacles that keep them from doing the work they set out to do. This is especially true in Bahrain.
Bahrain: “They want you to be broken and this is why we keep going”
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Claire Kopsky
Digital Editorial Intern at Index on Censorship
Claire is an undergraduate journalism and business student at the University of Missouri.
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