Bahraini regime forces fire teargas and sound grenades to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital, Manama.
Witnesses said many protesters were also injured during the attack on Monday.
The demonstration in Manama took place ahead of the first anniversary of the popular uprising against the ruling Al Khalifa family that emerged in February 2011.
On Sunday, regime forces arrested human rights activist Zainab al-Khawaja during an anti-government demonstration in Manama. The Bahraini activist was marching with other protesters toward the Pearl Square in the capital.
In December 2011, Khawaja had been arrested during a protest in Manama. Reports said she had been “beaten by police officers while out of sight of cameras.”
The female Bahraini protester is a daughter of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, who was given a life sentence in June last year.
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights said on Sunday that Abdulhadi al-Khawaja entered the 5th day of his hunger strike for freedom. His health condition has been deteriorating over the past few days, the Bahraini center said.
Dozens of people have been killed and hundreds more arrested or fired from their jobs since the beginning of the popular uprising in Bahrain.
On January 26, the Amnesty International called on Bahraini authorities to “investigate and account for the reports of more than a dozen deaths following tear gas use.”
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