Summary: In this special edition of FirstCast, we feature the voices of two brave women who have been detained the longest in Bahrain in connection to the crackdown of pro-democracy advocates. Roula al-Safar is a nurse, a humanitarian, and the head of the Bahrain Nursing Association who was sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jalila al-Salman is a teacher and vice president of the Bahrain Teachers Association. She was sentenced to three years in prison.
