Bahrain has released 86 people arrested during anti-regime protests that rocked the Gulf state for nearly a month. The opposition said that around 400 people were arrested during protests that erupted in the kingdom on Feb. 14. The government has said that 24 people were killed during the protests, four of them policemen, while three other activists have died in custody.
The Interior Ministry said in a statement that Bahrain’s leading human rights activist will be questioned by a military prosecutor. The ministry accused Nabeel Rajab, head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, of tampering with photos of a man who died in custody last week. A ministry statement said Rajab posted on his Twitter account a “fabricated image” of a detainee, Ali Isa Saqer. Rajab claims Saqer was fatally beaten in custody. He said that the photo he had posted on his Twitter account was genuine, showing Saqer’s body covered with bruises and gashes.