Bahrain arrests 183 protesters, including 31 children in one month...

A report issued by a Bahraini human rights body says the country saw 745 protests in just December alone. The government’s reaction to dissent, according to the study, included arrests of 31 children, home raids and enforced disappearances.

Out of the 745 “sporadic protests” recorded by the Liberties and Human Rights Department in Al Wefaq Society (Bahrain’s major opposition party), more than a half were suppressed by security forces, according to the organization’s report released Thursday.

Crackdowns on protests were accompanied by arrests, with 183 rally participants ending up behind bars, including 31 children.

The report recounts several stories of such arrests. One of them was told by a family of a 15-year-old boy.

 “He said he was threatened with a gun and taken to a nearby farm where he was severely beaten on his private parts, neck and face. He was also threatened that cigarettes would be burnt out on his body, [then] a policeman bit his ear. His cellphone was confiscated and he was thrown in a remote area,” the boy’s relatives told Al Wefaq. Full story...

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