Amnesty calls for release of Bahraini female activist

Amnesty International has demanded the Bahraini regime release a detained human rights activist, saying she is at high risk of torture.
Amnesty said Ebtisam al-Saegh was arrested at her home on Monday night and transferred to a prison in Manama. She was detained hours after retweeting a post which blamed the king for security forces' mistreatment of women. Amnesty says Saegh was beaten and sexually assaulted during a previous arrest in May and that Bahraini authorities have failed to investigate those claims. Bahrain has been hit by unrest since it launched a Saudi-backed campaign to crush a popular revolt that started in 20-11. The Al Khalifah regime has since detained hundreds of activists and protesters and handed them lengthy jail terms despite an international outcry.