Arrest/detention/charges: Arrest/detention under other laws
Former Al-Wasat newspaper journalist Mahmood AlJazeeri, being held in prison in Bahrain, was moved to solitary confinement after a recent recording of him appeared on dissident-run media channel Bahrain Today3 discussing the Covid-19 situation in Bahrain’s prisons. In the recording, he disputed reports that Bahraini authorities had taken measures to protect prisoners from the spread of the virus.