Bahrain’s Information Minister Ali Al-Romaihi slammed the Qatari Al-Jazeera channel for hosting Bahraini dissidents he dubbed “outlaws”, claiming that Bahrain is the most country that suffered from Al-Jazeera’s negative reports.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the Bahraini government to lift its ban on the country’s only independent media outlet, the Arabic-language daily Al Wasat, which is still closed a month after being suspended “until further notice” by the information ministry on 4 June.