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Bahrain: Bloggers are Trouble

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008 @ 16:37 UTC

by Amira Al Hussaini

Countries:: Bahrain
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism
Languages:: Arabic, English

Bahraini blogger and administrator of the locally banned Bahrainonline [Ar] online forum Ali Abdelemam posts an interview with him in an LA newspaper - on blogging and the how authorities view bloggers as trouble.

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