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01-17-2017, 01:24 PM
DUBAI: Bahraini authorities have suspended the online version of the opposition-linked al-Wasat newspaper until further **tice, accusing it of publishing materials that threaten national unity, state news agency BNA reported on Monday.
Bahrain´s only independent daily is associated with the opposition, which has been facing a government *****down since last year.
It is the second time the newspaper has been closed since last August.
“The newspaper has repeatedly published and broadcast material that causes a rift in society and promotes a spirit of division that harms national unity and public order,” the information ministry said in a statement carried by BNA.
A newspaper employee confirmed that the online edition, including online services, had been suspended but said the print edition had been allowed to continue.
Western-allied Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based, crushed mass protests by the country´s majority in 2011.
The government has been waging a *****down on the opposition since last year, closing down the main opposition al-Wefaq group, increasing a prison sentence against its leader, arresting prominent activist Nabeel Rajab and revoking the citizenship of spiritual leader Ayatollah Isa Qassim.
On Sunday, Bahrain put to death three men convicted of a bomb attack that killed three policemen, including an Emirati ******r, in the first such execution in years.
Al-Wasat, founded by private investors in 2002, was briefly closed in 2015 and the government cited similar reasons then.
It was also briefly shut in 2011 following anti-government protests in the Gulf island kingdom, and its senior staff were ******* and prosecuted.
The paper is headed by Mansoor al-Jamri, one of three senior editors who was tried on charges of fabricating news when the paper reported the protests against the government of the ruling family.
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Bahrain´s only independent daily is associated with the opposition, which has been facing a government *****down since last year.
It is the second time the newspaper has been closed since last August.
“The newspaper has repeatedly published and broadcast material that causes a rift in society and promotes a spirit of division that harms national unity and public order,” the information ministry said in a statement carried by BNA.
A newspaper employee confirmed that the online edition, including online services, had been suspended but said the print edition had been allowed to continue.
Western-allied Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet is based, crushed mass protests by the country´s majority in 2011.
The government has been waging a *****down on the opposition since last year, closing down the main opposition al-Wefaq group, increasing a prison sentence against its leader, arresting prominent activist Nabeel Rajab and revoking the citizenship of spiritual leader Ayatollah Isa Qassim.
On Sunday, Bahrain put to death three men convicted of a bomb attack that killed three policemen, including an Emirati ******r, in the first such execution in years.
Al-Wasat, founded by private investors in 2002, was briefly closed in 2015 and the government cited similar reasons then.
It was also briefly shut in 2011 following anti-government protests in the Gulf island kingdom, and its senior staff were ******* and prosecuted.
The paper is headed by Mansoor al-Jamri, one of three senior editors who was tried on charges of fabricating news when the paper reported the protests against the government of the ruling family.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/Sxeta1zjca4
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