Publication Date:
Wed, 2010-08-18 01:58
Lawyer Mohammed Al-Tajir said Tuesday a total of 10 activists, including eight leading members of the opposition, have been detained since Saturday.
Al-Tajir said the detained have not been charged and their whereabouts are unknown.
Security officials said they are targeting opposition figures seeking to harm national stability. The crackdown follows a series of violent Shiite-led protests accusing the government of discrimination.
Shiites are a majority in Bahrain, but the island nation, home to the US Fifth Fleet, is ruled by a Sunni royal family.
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