(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Mahdi A'aya was arrested in the northern village of Barber on Monday, a week after regime thugs set his house ablaze.
Since the beginning of anti-government protests in Bahrain, authorities have arrested scores of opposition activists, doctors and human rights activists. It is believed that they were detained because they had "evidence of atrocities committed by the authorities, security forces and riot police" during the crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Rights activists say most of the detainees were subject to severe torture. About several anti-government protesters have died under torture while in police custody.
According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), more than 1,000 people, including anti-regime protesters, rights activists, former lawmakers, senior clerics and medics have been detained over the past three months.
Scores of protesters have been killed and many others have been arrested during Manama's violent crackdown on protesters. Regime forces have also raided dozens of mosques, schools, sacred sites and even graves in persisting efforts to suppress all opposition.
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