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Two more arrested in Bahrain over anti-govt web site
Police have detained two more Bahrainis for links to a banned Internet forum that the government views as hostile, a government official and a defence lawyer said yesterday. Mohammed Al Mousawi and Hussein Youssef were detained on Monday night, said lawyer Ahmed Al Arayed. Their arrests came a day after the founder-manager of the web site, Ali Abdelimam Mirza, was detained for 15 days. State prosecutors have not issued a statement on the three detentions, but a government official confirmed them yesterday. The web site www.bahrainonline.org functions as an Arabic-language forum for views on a range of subjects, including Posted by: Steve White 2005-03-02 |
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