In Bahrain, human rights activist Maryam Alkhawaja has been released from prison. Alkhawaja was detained last month as she tried to enter the country to visit her father, activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja, who is on hunger strike as he serves a life term. On the day of Alkhawaja’s release, 14 other activists were sentenced to life terms, purportedly for detonating explosives at a protest. Maryam Alkhawaja still faces a charge of assaulting a police officer, which she denies. Bahrain hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, which is responsible for all naval forces in the Gulf. It has waged a crackdown on government critics since a 2011 pro-democracy uprising against the U.S.-backed monarchy.