CPJ, 8 others urge Bahrain to halt repressive amendments to press law - Committee to Protect Journalists

CPJ, 8 others urge Bahrain to halt repressive amendments to press law - Committee to Protect Journalists

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called on Bahrain’s Shura Council to reject the government’s proposed amendments to the Law on Press, Printing, and Publishing (Decree-Law No. 47 of 2002) in a joint statement led by CPJ, Access Now, and seven other press freedom and human rights groups.  The statement warned that the Bahraini government’s claim of abolishing prison sentences for journalists is misleading when other repressive laws—such…