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– Bahrain vows greater crackdown on online criticism amid new arrests (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 2, 2018

The Bahraini Interior Minister announced that the kingdom's security forces would be taking new measures to "track down" activists for criticizing the government on social media.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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