Zainab Al-Khamees is a Bahraini human rights defender and a member of the Bahrain Human Rights Society (BHRS). On 8 July 2016, Al-Khamees was banned from traveling to Kuwait. On 23 March 2017, she was stopped at the airport on her way to Qatar for a family visit. Despite having received her boarding pass, she was interrogated for hours about her travel. Upon her return on 25 March, she was briefly questioned again. On 19 April 2017, a formal travel ban was imposed against her. On 23 April 2017, Al-Khamees was summoned by the Public Prosecution, accused of participating in a peaceful gathering in the Duraz area, an allegation later used to justify preventing her from traveling. On 5 September 2017, three military jeeps and a civilian vehicle arrived at her home to deliver a summons from the General Directorate of Investigations and Forensic Science, requiring her to appear the next day. On 6 September 2017, she complied with the summons and appeared for interrogation. After a 30-minute wait, she was questioned without a lawyer present about her whereabouts on 11 August and accused of participating in an unauthorized protest in Aali village. She was released shortly after.