AhlulBayt News Agency

source : Press TV
Thursday

12 May 2011

7:30:00 PM
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In Bahrain, arrest spree on the rise

Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have arrested over a dozen people during overnight raids, keeping up the regime-sanctioned crackdown on anti-government protests.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - On Thursday, the forces detained seven people, including four students in Hamad Town in the north.

The Karzakan village in the west also saw several people abducted from their homes.

The Saudi-backed forces also besieged a village in central Bahrain before attacking a number of houses and putting three people under arrest.

The Bahraini troops regularly target people that have participated in anti-regime protests.

In a popular revolution, thousands of anti-government protesters have been staging protests on Bahrain's streets since mid-February, calling for an end to the over-40-year rule of the Al Khalifa dynasty.

Last March, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates deployed troops to the Persian Gulf sheikhdom at Manama's plea for help in crushing the countrywide protests.

Scores of protesters have been killed -- some under torture -- and many others arrested and sent to unknown locations ever since the start of the crackdown with the foreign troops contributing to the climbing violence.

Regime forces have also raided dozens of schools, mosques, sacred sites and even graves in persisting efforts to suppress all opposition.

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