Bahrain - Bahrain urged to release 12 detained news providers

Reporters without borders

Twelve news and information providers are currently detained in Bahrain. Many of them are photographers or cameramen, who have been repeatedly targeted by the authorities since the start of the unrest in Bahrain in 2011 because their visual coverage of the protests and the government's crackdown threaten the kingdom's image. As a Manama court prepares to rule on internationally-renowned photographer Ahmed Humeidan's appeal on 25 August, Reporters Without Borders has prepared the following (...)

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