Reporting from Beirut — When Nabeel Rajab saw his picture splashed on the front pages of a state-run newspaper over the weekend as an alleged member of a terrorist network plotting to overthrow the government, he knew it was time to start packing. The prominent Bahraini human rights activist sent his children away and put toothpaste and shampoo into a small bag in anticipation of his arrest.

"I've kept the children out of our home for the past four days," he told The Times by telephone on Monday. "I don't want to be beaten in front of them."

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