Award winning US journalist Anna Therese Day and 3 members of her camera crew have been detained in Bahrain confirmed Reporters Without Borders on Monday.
The group called on Bahrain to release the four American citizens without harm.
Bahraini police, who detained the journalists on Sunday, said that they had detained four foreign nationals “suspected of offences including entering Bahrain illegally having submitted false information to border staff, and participating in an unlawful gathering.”
The US State Department said it was aware of reports that US citizens had been arrested but declined further comment, reports Reuters.
The Middle East and North Africa program coordinator of international advocacy group, Committee to Protect Journalists, Sherif Mansour, said,
“It is sad that the fifth anniversary of the 2011 protests has been marked by the arrest of yet more journalists in Bahrain, which has since become one of the worst jailers of journalist sin the Arab world.”
The group called on Bahrain to release the four American citizens without harm.
Bahraini police, who detained the journalists on Sunday, said that they had detained four foreign nationals “suspected of offences including entering Bahrain illegally having submitted false information to border staff, and participating in an unlawful gathering.”
The US State Department said it was aware of reports that US citizens had been arrested but declined further comment, reports Reuters.
The Middle East and North Africa program coordinator of international advocacy group, Committee to Protect Journalists, Sherif Mansour, said,
“It is sad that the fifth anniversary of the 2011 protests has been marked by the arrest of yet more journalists in Bahrain, which has since become one of the worst jailers of journalist sin the Arab world.”