Bahrain cracks down on news around Formula One races

23 Apr

Police check journalist IDs outside the Formula One races on Sunday. Authorities have restricted and suppressed journalists in the run-up to the races. (AP/Hassan Ammar)

New York, April
23, 2012–Bahraini
authorities, intent on suppressing coverage of the restive political conditions
that were a backdrop to the Formula One Grand Prix in Manama on Sunday,
arrested at least seven international journalists who were seeking to report on
anti-government demonstrations, according to news reports.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/2012/04/bahrain-cracks-down-on-news-around-formula-one-rac.php

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