Dozens of people have reportedly been injured after the army fired rubber bullets at protesters during a recent escalation of violence in Bahrain.

Dozens of people have reportedly been injured after the army fired rubber bullets at protesters during a recent escalation of violence in Bahrain. Several Bahraini towns have witnessed heavy clashes between protesters and regime forces.

RT (Russia Today) website reported activists posted on Twitter scores of photos showing fresh injuries from rubber bullets as well as clouds of teargas in the streets of Bahrain.

Most of the reports of violence were coming from one of Bahrain's largest cities A’ali. Clashes have also been reported in Saar, Sitra, Karanah and several other cities.

Activists say at least two people were detained during the latest night of clashes. Authorities have deployed additional troops and, reportedly, tanks to patrol the streets.

The ongoing revolution has weakened after multiple mass arrests. At least 50 people have been killed and many more detained since protests began 18 months ago.

The Al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, a leading Bahraini opposition party, accuses the regime of keeping around 1,400 prisoners as political hostages to put pressure on the opposition.

“Several dozens of opposition leaders and prominent human rights activists have been detained since protests began and the court is due to decide their fate. This is one of the reasons why the protests intensified recently,” one of its leading figures, Khalil Al-Marzooq told media outlets.

“Today and especially tonight lots of youths went to the street to demonstrate calling for the release of these people,” Al-Marzooq added. These prominent detainees have become "symbols" for activists, inspiring them to demonstrate peacefully without fear of repressions from the authorities, he explained.

“All of these are not going back home,” he said. “Even if they are detained ten times and released, they will continue to be in the streets until we reach our dignity, freedom, and reach a political system that we desire.”

Al-Marzooq believes that the international community will eventually change its “biased” stance on the Bahraini regime’s violations of human rights and that will speed up the “Bahraini revolution.”