Photo: National Guard arrest Wall Street Journal reporter March 16, 2011
By Sam Petulla
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
American Independent
In August when Bahrain’s police came under pressure to explain its interrogation of Nabeel Rajab, a prominent international human rights activist, for articles and tweets questioning whether the government had tortured its own citizens, the country’s “Ministry of Interior” issued a news advisory on the case. Its headline read “Police summon Nabeel Rajab for publishing wrong information” and it explained what Rajab had done to garner the government’s interest: “disturb public security, promote fear, affect general interests and humiliate public authorities.”
Photo: National Guard arrest Wall Street Journal reporter March 16, 2011
By Sam Petulla
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
American Independent
In August when Bahrain’s police came under pressure to explain its interrogation of Nabeel Rajab, a prominent international human rights activist, for articles and tweets questioning whether the government had tortured its own citizens, the country’s “Ministry of Interior” issued a news advisory on the case. Its headline read “Police summon Nabeel Rajab for publishing wrong information” and it explained what Rajab had done to garner the government’s interest: “disturb public security, promote fear, affect general interests and humiliate public authorities.”
But in the U.S., a different news advisory was released to media firms and to the public — one with a more generic headline and with the reference to humiliating authorities deleted.
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