Reuters correspondent expelled


Issue 903 - 25 Jun 2011 | 1 minute read

Reuters correspondent Frederik Richter is among the journalists to be expelled from Bahrain as the authorities have cracked down. He reported that Ministry of Information official Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nezar Al-Khalifa on 16 June gave him one week to leave, complaining that Reuters had lacked balance in its reporting during the crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

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