"مراسلون بلاحدود" تنشر قلقها :حرية التعبير وملاحقة الصحافين وحجب المواقع - البحرين

محروم.كوم · #1 05-15-2009, 12:10 PM

المنظمة العالمية مراسلون بلا حدود تنشر على موقعها على الإنترنت قلقها الشديد حول حرية التعبير في البحرين والخطوات التي يتخذها النظام البحريني لمقاضاة الصحافين وانتهاك حرية التعبير ...

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Bahrain | 14.05.2009 Authorities step up offensive against journalists and websites

Reporters Without Borders is concerned about freedom of expression in Bahrain. In the past couple of months, two journalists have been charged because of what they wrote and the information ministry has stepped up Internet filtering.
“Free expression is under threat in Bahrain as a result of provocative measures and abusive judicial proceedings,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We urge the authorities to withdraw the charges against these journalists, who were just doing their job, and we call for the immediate unblocking of news and human rights websites.”
Abdulhassan Bu-Hussain of the daily newspaper Al Wasat was charged on 8 May with harming the Civil Service Bureau’s image in a series of articles from September to November of last year in which he accused the CSB of violating constitutional principles.

Lamees Dhaif, a reporter and columnist with the daily Al Waqt, was summoned before a court on 5 March and charge with public insult under article 216 of the criminal code, which carries a maximum sentence of three years in prison. She is awaiting trial.
Around 600 websites are currently blocked in Bahrain and online censorship has become more extensive since 21 April, when the authorities ordered that access to the Washington-based news website Aafaq.org, Ghada Jamsheer’s women’s rights blog Bahrain-eve and the blog aggregator Bahrainblogs.org should also be blocked.
Under a decree issued by the culture and information ministry on 5 January, the ministry can order the blocking of websites without referring to a court. According to article 3 of the decree, “telecommunication companies and Internet Service Providers are required to prohibit any means that allow access to sites blocked by the ministry, whether by Internet address, use of a proxy server or any other means.”
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websites blocked on information ministry’s orders

Reporters Without Borders deplores the directive which the information ministry sent to Internet Service Providers on 14 January ordering them to block access to certain political and commercial websites and warning that only the information ministry could take the decision to unblock a website. At least 25 sites have been blocked since the directive was issued.

“Even if the blocking of a political website is nothing new in Bahrain, this directive confirms that the government wants to retain its power to censor the Internet,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The fact that the Internet filtering is also targeting human rights websites indicates that this order is a first step in the reinforcement of online surveillance. We urge the information ministry so rescind this order and lift the blocking.”
Proxy websites, which enable Internet users to sidestep censorship, have also been blocked since 14 January.
When Internet users try to connect to one the sites, they find a message saying: “Site Blocked: This website has been blocked by the order of the Ministry of Culture and Information based on Article 19 of decree Law No. 47, 2002 regarding the organisation of the press, printing and publishing in the Kingdom of Bahrain, due to the publication of prohibited content on the aforementioned site.”

The websites of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (Hrinfo) have been blocked for more than two years. A total of 69 news websites are currently blocked in Bahrain.
Law No. 47 of 2002 empowers the government to close a publication or website that is deemed to have attacked the government, the official state religion, public decency or other religions in a manner likely to disturb the peace. Officials can order the closure without referring to a court first.
Article 5 of a new media law that is currently before parliament would protect Internet publications from summary closure by the government. Reporters Without Borders calls on the authorities and parliament to allow online media to benefit from this provision.
The list of blocked websites:
Blocked websites - 22.01.09

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