Report: Internet disruption at Bahrain rally site deliberate

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The nightly disruption of internet access in a Bahraini neighborhood home to a prominent Shiite cleric targeted in a government crackdown appears to be deliberate, an advocacy group said Thursday.

The government in Bahrain crushed the Arab Spring protests with the help of troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

[...] the island has seen low-level unrest, protests and attacks on police.

Since April, however, the government's crackdown has intensified to levels unseen in five years.