Anas Mohammed Al-Rasheed Remember his name well, because it is a person with this vision and courage that is sorely missing in Bahrain at the moment. Anas Al-Rasheed is the new Kuwaiti Information Minister, and his stated goal in his new position is to CLOSE the Ministry of Information! Kuwait’s new information minister has a …
A 52-year-old Bahraini journalist is being prosecuted for allegedly writing for a newspaper abroad without government permission. He should have had official permission from the Information Ministry, the Lower Criminal Court heard. The defendant, a journalist for nearly 30 years, is charged with illegally working as a correspondent for a Kuwaiti newspaper. He admitted at …
Another international publication contacted me to elicit my views regarding the Ministry of Information’s administrative order requiring all websites to register with them, and what actions are being taken by webmasters, if any, to counteract that order. He began by asking me if any blogger has actually registered with them so far, what you read …
أكد الوكيل المساعد للمطبوعات والنشر ÙÂيوزارة الإعلام عبدالله يتيم أن“بدء تسجيل المواقع الالكترونية ÙÂيإدارة المطبوعات والنشر ÙÂيوزارة الإعلام منذ الثانيمنمايو/ أيار الجاري، يأتيضمنالتزامات الوزارة بترسيخ وإطلاق ØÂرية الصØÂاÙÂØ© والطباعة والنشر باعتبارها منالØÂريات التيكÙÂلها الدستور ÙÂيمادتيه الـ “23” Ùˆ”24″ مندونمساس بالمصلØÂØ© العليا للوطن…
Happy World Press Freedom Day, as for Bahraini Press and websites, please go directly to jail, and do not pass go. As there is no such thing, nor will there ever be press freedoms here as long as the Ministry of Disinformation is established, and as long as it is filled with the likes of …