العربية
Bahraini authorities should revoke an order barring the independent news outlet Al-Wasat from publishing and stop harassing the newspaper and its journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday, June 5, 2017.
“Al-Wasat has long been the scapegoat for a government fearful of allowing a free press,” said CPJ Deputy Executive Director Robert Mahoney. “This ban should be lifted immediately.”
Last month, CPJ joined several news agencies and press freedom organizations in calling on King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa to allow journalists to operate freely in the country. The call is in response to Bahraini authorities denying entry to a German journalist involved in a documentary critical of the country’s human rights record and authorities questioning three Bahraini journalists, including an Al-Wasat staff writer, about social media posts and a protest.