A Bahraini woman was martyred following a tear gas attack by regime forces on ro-democracy protesters.

A Bahraini woman was martyred following a tear gas attack by regime forces on pro-democracy protesters.

Fakhria Jassim, 55-year-old, died on Tuesday after inhaling poisonous tear gas fired by regime forces to disperse the protesters in an area near the capital, Manama.

Few days earlier, 15-year-old Sayyed Hashem Saeed was also martyred when he was hit in the head by regime forces in the northeastern town of Sitra.

Dozens of people have been martyred and thousands more have been arrested and put in jail or fired from their jobs in Bahrain since the beginning of the popular uprising in February 2011.

In addition, many health workers, teachers, opposition figures and human rights activists in Bahrain are still facing trial or serving prison terms over participation in anti-government demonstrations.

On Monday, authorities announced that judicial panels against anti-government protesters would be reviewed. These verdicts included some life sentences against peaceful demonstrators.