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Bahraini authorities shut websites, ban on blogs
15 November, 2011 – Shia Post

Bahraini authorities have closed social pages, sites and blogs of Bahrain and considering to close the website of al-Wefaq society. This troll attack on social activities on internet is against freedom of speech and expression.

As human rights abuses persist in Bahrain, human rights defenders on the ground there are forced to take their fight for political freedom to other mediums, including Twitter. They work in the shadows, but their message is resonating around the world and drawing attention to the Bahraini government’s abuses.

The Accord confirmed that the website and blogs have been closed after closing opposition newspapers in Bahrain. “The basic and natural right of a human is expression, view and a statement of his mind,” al-Wefaq website.

Nabeel Rajab is a prominent human rights defender in Bahrain. As President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, he is an outspoken, courageous critic of the regime that has brutally cracked down on democracy protests since February.

Since mid-February, thousands of anti-government protesters have been holding regular demonstrations in Bahrain, calling for the US-backed Al Khalifa royal family to relinquish power.

On March 14, troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates invaded Bahrain to assist the ruling regime in its brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in the Persian Gulf Island, home to a huge military base of US Navy’s fifth fleet.

According to local sources, scores of people have been killed and hundreds have been arrested by the regime. ….more