The Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) called on the government of Bahrain to rescind an order suspending the online edition of Al-Wasat newspaper.

The US State Department expressed its concerns over the decision of the Government of Bahrain to suspend the online version of the independent newspaper that has close ties with the opposition.

Bahraini authorities have suspended the online version of the opposition-linked al-Wasat newspaper until further notice, accusing it of publishing materials that threaten national unity, state news agency BNA reported on Monday.

The Information Affairs Ministry issued an edict suspending Al-Wasat newspaper online edition immediately and until further notice, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported.

The Al-Wasat Newspaper said in today's issue that the 2016 report of National Institute for Human Rights did not refer to the security siege imposed on Diraz since 6 months.

Water statistics and studies which covered all countries in the world, according to al-Wasat local newspaper, showed that Bahrain reached lowest levels of water poverty in terms of annual cubic meter water consumption per capita.

The Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy (BIRD) said that Bahrain’s National Institute for Human Rights (NIHR) misled on the case a victim of enforced disappearance after their family complained to the press, in reference to the case of Sayed Alawi Hussein Alawi.

Kuwaitis vote on Saturday for a new parliament they hope will halt austerity measures forced by falling oil revenues in the emirate, known for its cradle-to-grave welfare system.

A group of scholarships students in Jordan affirmed that the ministry of education delayed the disbursement of scholarships allocations in August. The ministry should have disbursed the allocations on the onset of August, however, it hasn't until now

Bahrain Mirror: The local Bahraini Al-Wasat newspaper said that it was informed by Bahrain's Ministry of Information Affairs of the decision to ban it from "using the social media outlet, YouTube, and was also informed earlier this month that it was banned from publishing and streaming videos.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The Bahraini authorities released on Wednesday (August 19, 2015) journalist, Hani Al-Fardan, after questioning him over an article in which he criticized the Bahraini Parliament’s support of the armed People's Mojahedin of Iran group.

Bahrain Mirror: The Bahraini Minister of Information Affairs Isa bin Abdulrahman Al-Hammadi said on August 10, 2015 that the law applies to all media institutions, stressing that what happened to the Al-Wasat newspaper may happen to any other paper.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): On the same day Jon Stewart left his news satire program The Daily Show, Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority decided to suspend the only pro-opposition newspaper in the country “until further notice”.

AP - Bahraini authorities say they will allow an independent newspaper in the Gulf kingdom to resume publishing days after ordering it temporarily suspended.

AFP: Bahrain has announced the "temporary" suspension of a newspaper close to the Shiite opposition, drawing condemnation from a human rights group which said Manama was seeking to crush dissent.

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): Human Rights First said that “the immediate suspension of Al-Wasat newspaper in Bahrain is another seriously alarming move from the Bahraini government in silencing all opposition voices and crushing dissent."

Bahrain Mirror (Exclusive): The European Union called on Bahrain to review its decision to suspend the independent Al-Wasat newspaper on Friday (August 7, 2015), stressing that the existence of independent media outlets can reinforce the reconciliation efforts.

Bahrain Mirror: The BBC said that the Bahraini authorities “have suspended the publication of the only independent newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom.”

The Bahraini Information Affairs Authority has suspended the Al-Wasat newspaper until further notice.

The Bahraini Salafist Member of Parliament, Jamal Bouhassan, said that he will file a lawsuit to the Public Prosecution against a writer working for one of the local newspapers.