Saturday, April 2, 2011

Bahrain bans main opposition newspaper (AP)

MANAMA, island – Arab polity hit illegal the country's important opposition production in a increment effort to silence anti-government media.

The production Al-Wasat did not publish Sunday after a communication on land TV locution Bahrain's Information Ministry has sequential the essay to closed down. The state-run island News Agency says officials criminate Al-Wasat of "unethical" news of the Shiite-led uprising against the country's Sunni rulers.

Bahrain has sharply tightened Internet and media controls under military rule imposed terminal month after weeks of protests and clashes by groups hunt to fortuity the monarchy's appendage on noesis in the strategic Gulf nation, which is bag to the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.

Al-Wasat's online edition also was blocked.


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