Thursday, October 18, 2012

4 Arrested For Tweets Defaming King of Bahrain

Four men in Bahrain have been arrested for posting Tweets that police say defamed King Hamad.

Security forces also confiscated all of their computers and electronic equipment.

Any form of insult towards the king or any of the royal family, Al Khalifa, is considered illegal, in the country.

Previous perceived insults or derogatory remarks towards the rulers have been met with jail sentences of as much as three months.

Human rights and freedom of speech activists, from around the world, have decried the arrests, as they have done for the previous ones.

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