{"id":11452,"date":"2012-08-03T07:43:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11452"},"modified":"2012-08-03T08:13:28","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T15:13:28","slug":"bahrain-human-rights-activist-arrested-moi-bus-torched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=11452","title":{"rendered":"Bahrain Human Rights Activist Arrested – MOI Bus Torched"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bahrain bus attacked, opposition member held<\/strong>
\n3 August, 2012 – Agence France Presse – The Daily Star<\/p>\n

DUBAI: An interior ministry bus was attacked in Bahrain on Friday, state news agency BNA reported, as the opposition reported the arrest of a woman member trying to travel abroad for an Amnesty International conference.<\/p>\n

“A group of rioters and saboteurs attacked the bus with Molotov cocktail bombs” near the Shiite village of Bani Jamra, BNA quoted a police official as saying.<\/p>\n

The agency said the driver and a companion were unhurt but the bus was gutted.<\/p>\n

“Police have launched an inquiry to identify the perpetrators and bring them to justice,” the official was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

Witnesses said protesters and police clashed in several Shiite villages late on Thursday and early on Friday.<\/p>\n

Dozens of people chanted “Down with (King) Hamad” and “The people want to overthrow the regime,” as they waved the kingdom’s red and white flag, they said.<\/p>\n

Security forces fired tear gas and birdshot, the witnesses said, adding that several people were wounded.<\/p>\n

The authorities accuse Shiite protesters of using petrol bombs against security forces during frequent demonstrations in villages outside the capital Manama.<\/p>\n

Sporadic protests have intensified since a March 2011 crackdown ended month-long protests in Manama’s main Pearl Square demanding democratic reforms in the Sunni-ruled Shiite-majority Gulf state.<\/p>\n

The main Shiite opposition bloc Al-Wefaq said the authorities detained a leading female member, Ahlam al-Khuzai, at the airport early on Friday.<\/p>\n

Khuzai was arrested as she was travelling to Tunisia for a conference organised by London-based rights watchdog Amnesty International, Al-Wefaq said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“Al-Wefaq is following with great concern the arrest of its general secretariat member Khuzai… She is still in custody,” it said.<\/p>\n

Al-Wefaq has said more than 240 people were arrested in July, and dozens were injured in clashes with the police.<\/p>\n

Amnesty says 60 people have been killed since the protests first erupted in February last year.<\/p>\n

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