Activists arrested in Bahrain

Authorities in Bahrain have detained and beaten a prominent activist amid a continued crackdown on the opposition in the tiny Gulf nation, according to a human rights group.

The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights said Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, formerly of Amnesty International, was detained today in the early hours of the morning at his daughter’s house in a Shiite village outside the capital, Manama.