Police patrolled the streets of Manama and villages around the capital to snuff out any protests a day before the world motor racing body meets to decide whether Bahrain can stage its prestigious Grand Prix race later in the year.

Bahrain imposed military rule for three months to restore order in the country.

The government says the end of emergency law this week is a sign that things have gone back to normal in the island state.

“Let’s bring Bahrain Formula One back. Together we can,” signposts say in Manama.

Rights activists say emergency law was ended two weeks early in order to win back the Bahrain Grand Prix.

US-based Human Rights Watch has said the sport’s governing body should weigh a heavy crackdown on opposition activists during 11 weeks of martial law when it makes its decision.

Military trials of 21 activists continue, but King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa has offered new dialogue on reform with all sides, without spelling out its parameters.

Zainab Al-Khawaja, the daughter of one of the accused, was summoned by police on Thursday, but it was not clear if she would be referred to prosecutors. She held a hunger strike in April after her father was arrested and later charged, like the others, with seeking to overthrow the system.

Ayat Al-Qurmuzi, a student, was due to appear at the first session of a military trial for reading out a poem at the Pearl Roundabout, the epicenter of the protests. The six minute-long poem, available on YouTube, called on the king to implement reforms.

Rights activist Nabeel Rajab said Qurmuzi was expected to be charged with insulting the king.

Several activists and opposition politicians, including Rajab and Sheikh Ali Salman, leader of the main opposition group Wefaq, were called in for questioning on Tuesday before martial law ended, leaving the door open to future military trials.

An online petition asking Formula One teams to boycott the Bahrain event has garnered over 10,000 signatures.

An employee of the state-owned Bahrain International Circuit said 28 of 108 staff members had been fired. He said all 28 were detained and abused, and five remain in detention, including its chief financial officer, Jaafar Almansoor.