Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Ministry of Interior said that it arrested a person over misusing social media.

It added that this person "committed violations punishable by the law through FreejKarimi account". The ministry did not announce the identity of this person; however, accounts on social media said that he is activist Ibrahim Karimi.

The Cybercrime Department said "that the investigations into the incident led to identifying the other users of the said account and it was revealed that they are abroad."

"The needed economic measures are being taken to introduce referring the case to the Public Prosecution," it added.

The Bahraini authorities arrested activist Ibrahim Karimi, a Bahraini whose nationality has been revoked in 2012. Social media accounts stated that his arrest came after the Salafist Bahraini Member of Parliament Jamal Bou Hassan filed a report against him. However, this information wasn't confirmed by independent sources.

MP Al-Doseri put up a post on social media announcing that a report has been filed against Karimi, holding him accountable for managing the FreejKarimi account. "FreejKarimi" is one of the neighborhoods in Al-Muharreq that it is also called "Freej Al-Binali".

The said account is accused of "attacking the Saudi King".

Human rights defenders said that a security forces unit backed by civilian members and armored vehicles raided Karimi's house in Al-Dair, northeast of the Bahraini capital Manama, and took him to an unknown location.

His whereabouts are still unknown.

The authorities stripped Ibrahim Karimi of his citizenship by a political decision in 2012, among a group that included 31 citizens, including two former MPs. This is the second time he was stripped of his nationality, as it was revoked in 1980 before being reinstated in 2002.

There are concerns that the authorities will force Karimi to leave Bahrain.

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