New York, August 31, 2010--Bahrainian prosecutors have banned journalists from reporting on the detentions of dozens of opposition activists, according to news accounts. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities to lift the censorship order immediately.

27 August 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses a serious concern about the increase in acts of violence which comes as a result of political and security unrest. This time it comes in an incident of attack that was reported by Mr. Muhannad Abu Zeitoun, chief editor of Alwatan newspaper. This incident took place in the morning of Wednesday, 26th August. He claimed that it resulted in a wound in his hand and the burning of a part of his car.

Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:05am IST

By Erika Solomon and Frederik Richter

DUBAI/MANAMA (Reuters) - Political activists in Gulf states where the maker of BlackBerry faces possible bans say its messaging service boosted their ranks, and they are now on the hunt for new ways to evade authorities.

The Summoning of the Journalist Al-Sawad and Interrogating Him

National Security head, Sheikh Khalifa bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa

18 July 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its concern for the Bahraini Authorities persistence in attempting to silence the voices and block and conceal the truth of the local and international public opinion, by targeting some journalists and writers, and which was this time resembled in summoning the journalist Mohammed Al-Sawad and questioning him on the charge of publishing news related to the former Minister Mansoor bin Rajab, and where the Public Prosecution had issued a decision of banning publishing anything related to his case.

New York, July 2, 2010— The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Bahraini authorities to drop charges against Mohammed al-Sawad, a reporter for the independent daily Al-Bilad, who is accused of violating a government-imposed gag order.

A WAN-IFRA review of the last six months of 2010, has reported that press freedom is under attack on every continent. On Middle East and North Africa the report mentioned that:

“Those in power throughout the Middle East and North Africa continue to resort to harassment, censorship, prosecution, fining and imprisonment of news media professionals in order to control information. Their hostility toward independent and opposition media has often proven to be ruthless.”

By MANDEEP SINGH , Posted on » Tuesday, May 25, 2010

A BAHRAINI journalists' leader yesterday called for an agreement to be reached over the issue of Al Jazeera satellite channel's activities in Bahrain.

Bahrain Journalists Association deputy chairman Faisal Abdulla Shaikh said that it was in the best interests of all that the dispute is immediately resolved.

He made the comments as a temporary ban on the channel reporting from Bahrain remained in place for the seventh day yesterday.

The Ministry of Information Bans the Entry of the Belgrave Diary

25 May 2010

The Bahraini authorities, represented in the Ministry of Culture and Information banned the import and sale of the diary of the British adviser of the Government of Bahrain, Charles Belgrave (1926 – 1957), which is considered one of the most significant historical books that document a major stage of the history of Bahrain for the information included in it and which is published for the first time.

The Ministry of Information Freezes the Activity of Al-Jazeera Channel until Further Notice

23 May 2010

The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its great concern regarding the extreme deterioration in freedom of opinion and expression, and which was lately represented in the Ministry of Culture and Information suspending the activities of Al-Jazeera Channel in Bahrain.

New York, May 19, 2010—

The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by the Bahraini government to indefinitely suspend Al-Jazeera from reporting from the Gulf kingdom