Bahrain To Sue British Newspaper Over Critical Coverage

The government of Bahrain acquired legal counsel in London in order to sue the British newspaper The Independent for coverage critical of the Gulf sheikhdom’s violent crackdown against peaceful demonstrations. The government’s media flak singled out journalist Robert Fisk for his coverage, claiming that the paper “deliberately published a series of unrealistic and provocative articles targeting Bahrain and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.” Saudi Arabia sent in military forces to help put down Bahrain’s non-violent protest movement, one of many uprisings collectively known as the Arab Spring.