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liberalnarb

(4,532 posts) Mon Feb 15, 2016, 03:29 PM Feb 2016

Four Americans Arrested In Bahrain

Source: CNN

(CNN)—Four Americans have been arrested in Bahrain for entering the country using false information and allegedly participating in "attacks on police," according to a police statement released Monday.

Bahrain officials said some of the arrested Americans were members of the international media but "had not registered with the concerned authority and were involved in illegal activities."

The U.S. Embassy in Bahrain said it was "aware of the arrest of four U.S. citizens in Bahrain" on Sunday but provided no further comment because of privacy concerns.

All four Americans, including one female, entered the country between February 11 and 12, providing false information that they were tourists, the Bahrain Interior Ministry said.

The Americans' presence coincided with rallies marking the fifth anniversary of Bahrain's 2011 uprising.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/middleeast/bahrain-americans-arrested/index.html

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Four Americans Arrested In Bahrain (Original Post) liberalnarb Feb 2016 OP

Another hostage crisis for the campaigning gop to take full advantage of. Oh brother, not again. Dont call me Shirley Feb 2016 #1

I wonder if they were Shiites? Mosby Feb 2016 #2

Four U.S. journalists detained in Bahrain: journalists group Eugene Feb 2016 #3

Any American citizen knows fully well the risk of the problems in the Middle East bigdarryl Feb 2016 #5

If we are true to our principles, we should demand that they be granted Akicita Feb 2016 #4

Lawyer: 4 US Journalists Charged in Bahrain Leave Country Eugene Feb 2016 #6

Dont call me Shirley

(10,998 posts)

1. Another hostage crisis for the campaigning gop to take full advantage of. Oh brother, not again.

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 03:38 PM

Feb 2016

Mosby

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2. I wonder if they were Shiites?

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Mon Feb 15, 2016, 03:54 PM

Feb 2016

Eugene

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3. Four U.S. journalists detained in Bahrain: journalists group

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 04:33 PM

Feb 2016

Source: Reuters

World | Mon Feb 15, 2016 3:20pm EST

Four U.S. journalists detained in Bahrain: journalists group

DUBAI/WASHINGTON

A U.S. journalist and three members of her camera crew were detained in Bahrain on Sunday, Reporters Without Borders said on Monday, urging Bahrain to release the four American citizens "rapidly and without harm."

In a statement, the group described Anna Day and her three colleagues as experienced journalists, who had most recently worked on virtual reality documentaries in Egypt and Gaza.

Earlier, Bahraini police said they had detained four foreign nationals on Sunday. Bahrain's interior ministry said in a statement the four were "suspected of offences including entering Bahrain illegally having submitted false information to border staff, and participating in an unlawful gathering."

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The Arabic-language Mira'at al-Bahrain (Bahrain Mirror) said the four were detained in Sitra, a Shi'ite village east of Manama, on Sunday while covering clashes between local demonstrators and security forces.

The demonstration was meant to mark the fifth anniversary of widespread Arab Spring protests in 2011 mainly by Shi'ite Muslims demanding reforms and bigger share in government.

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bigdarryl

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5. Any American citizen knows fully well the risk of the problems in the Middle East

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Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:41 PM

Feb 2016

Akicita

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4. If we are true to our principles, we should demand that they be granted

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Mon Feb 15, 2016, 05:02 PM

Feb 2016

amnesty and allowed to become Bahraini citizens if they so choose.

Eugene

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6. Lawyer: 4 US Journalists Charged in Bahrain Leave Country

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Tue Feb 16, 2016, 12:31 PM

Feb 2016

Source: Associated Press

Lawyer: 4 US Journalists Charged in Bahrain Leave Country

By REEM KHALIFA AND JON GAMBRELL, ASSOCIATED PRESS MANAMA, Bahrain — Feb 16, 2016, 10:31 AM ET

Four U.S. journalists arrested in Bahrain while covering the anniversary of the island nation's 2011 uprising were charged, released and flew out of the country Tuesday, a lawyer said.

Despite charging them, Bahraini officials allowed them to head for the airport, apparently after the intervention of the U.S. Embassy in Manama. Bahrain is the home of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, which patrols the Persian Gulf and surrounding waterways crucial to the global oil trade.

But their arrest and charges highlight the sensitivity the kingdom still feels five years after the uprising, as low-level unrest and protests continue.

The journalists left a police station after meeting with prosecutors and headed straight for Bahrain International Airport, which they flew out of Tuesday night, lawyer Mohammed al-Jishi told The Associated Press. Authorities kept their cameras and computers, al-Jishi said.

The reporters had been held since their arrests Sunday while covering protests in Sitra, a Shiite community outside of the capital, Manama.

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