Merging pull request 1624

* https://github.com/avocado-framework/avocado:
  fix unicode handling in journal plugin

avocado/plugins/journal.py

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class JournalResult(ResultEvents):
             status = None
 
         self.journal_cursor.execute(sql,
-                                    (str(state['name']),
+                                    (repr(state['name']),
                                      datetime.datetime(1, 1, 1).now().isoformat(),
                                      action,
                                      status))