Bahrain - Five news providers currently detained in Bahrain

Reporters without borders

On the eve of the start of the trial of human rights lawyer Abdul Aziz Mousa and a new hearing in the trial of Ahmed Humaidan, a photographer detained since December 2012, Reporters Without Borders voices deep concern about the five news and information providers currently detained in Bahrain. “For more than two years, the Bahraini authorities have suppressed demonstrations calling for political reforms and have hounded the news providers who covered the protests and the force used by the (...)

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