Blogger’s trial adjourned
By MOHAMMED ASLAM
A BAHRAINI blogger accused of defaming a government minister had his trial adjourned yesterday when the judge failed to show up.
Mahmood Al Yousif has been accused of libelling Municipalities and Agriculture Minister Mansoor Bin Rajab in an article that appeared on his website mahmood.tv on December 22.
A number of journalists joined Mr Al Yousif at the High Criminal Court yesterday to show their support for him.
However, the case was adjourned until May 8 because Judge Shaikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khalifa was absent for “personal reasons”.
Blogger’s trial adjourned
By MOHAMMED ASLAM
A BAHRAINI blogger accused of defaming a government minister had his trial adjourned yesterday when the judge failed to show up.
Mahmood Al Yousif has been accused of libelling Municipalities and Agriculture Minister Mansoor Bin Rajab in an article that appeared on his website mahmood.tv on December 22.
A number of journalists joined Mr Al Yousif at the High Criminal Court yesterday to show their support for him.
However, the case was adjourned until May 8 because Judge Shaikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khalifa was absent for “personal reasons”.
Mr Al Yousif earlier reworded the original article following several days of negotiations with the minister through a mediator.
However, the minister later decided to go ahead with the libel case and is demanding “civil compensation”, according to his lawyer Mohammed Jaffar Al Taranja.
