Three members of a Channel 4 televsion crew working in Bahrain were deported by the government on Monday.
Channel 4's foreign correspondent, Jonathan Miller, cameraman Joe Sheffer and producer David Fuller were detained by Bahraini authorities on suspicion of working without formal accreditation.
According to David Fuller, due to restrictions placed by the Bahraini government, the crew had been working "under the radar", and had filmed riot police crack down on a small demonstration in a nearby village.
The Channel 4 crew was taken to the police station, however Dr Ala'a Shehabi, the British-Bahraini human rights activist and the local driver the crew had been with, were arrested and taken away, after being assaulted by security forces.
In a statement, Channel 4 later confirmed that the crew were "safe and on their way back to the UK", and that "the team’s driver - whom they saw assaulted by Bahraini authorities, and human rights activist Dr Ala’a Shehabi have also been released.”
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