Bahrain Mirror: For the third successive year, Bahrain maintained its global ranking in “Freedom House” annual report for press freedom. Bahrain ranked 188 worldwide. It was classified as “not free” in the press freedom index for 2014 and the second worst Arab country after Syria.

Bahrain Mirror: Freedom House lists Bahrain as “Not Free”, regarding the gulf kingdom’s political rights and civil liberties. Bahrain’s political rights rating declined from 6 to 7, which is the lowest level of freedom on a scale of 1 to 7.