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Bahrain Censors UN Website for Human Rights Session Live Stream

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Bahrain, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

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A screen shot of the censored UN webcast page [2]shared by @MohdMaskati [1] on Twitter


Human rights activist Mohammed Al Maskati, who is attending the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, tweets:

@MohdMaskati [1]: Authorities in #Bahrain put obstacles to access #UN website for live stream because of my intervention in the #HRC21 http://twitpic.com/aucktm

He shares the screenshot above which shows the blocked site with the censorship message. The page can now be accessed in Bahrain.