Bahrain - Foreign reporters denied visas ahead of first anniversary of uprising

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders has registered a series of freedom of information violations in Bahrain in the run-up to the first anniversary of the uprising in this Gulf kingdom on 14 February. They include a refusal to issue visas to a number of foreign journalists for the anniversary, when demonstrations are expected. Sheikh Fawaz Ben Mohammed Al-Khalifa, the head of the Information Affairs Agency, claimed in a statement yesterday that some journalists had not received visas because of the (...)

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