German reporter denied Bahrain visa to cover FIFA congress

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Bahraini immigration authorities should grant freelance journalist Robert Kempe a visa and ensure that journalists are able to cover international events in the country, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Kempe told CPJ that Bahrain denied him a visa to cover FIFA’s 2017 Congress, which is being held in the capital Manama today and tomorrow, for the German broadcaster ARD.

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