In Bahrain, court proceedings against human rights activist Zainab Alkhawaja were postponed on Wednesday until March 3. Alkhawaja could return to prison after she was released on Sunday following nearly a year behind bars. She spoke to Democracy Now! on Tuesday, the day before she was due back in court.

Zainab Alkhawaja: “We’re calling for a country where every Bahraini is respected, every Bahraini is treated equally. We’re calling for a country where we feel we have rights, where we feel we have dignity, where people can’t step all over us, can’t torture and kill and get away with these things. We’re living in a country, basically, where the criminals are the most powerful people in the country, and where a lot of us actually feel proud when we’re in jail, because we know that in Bahrain, when you go to jail, it means you did something right and not wrong.”

The pro-democracy uprising in Bahrain marked its third anniversary last Friday. Bahrain is a close ally of the United States, hosting the Navy’s Fifth Fleet.