Bahrain ranked among the last ten countries in the 2023 World Press Freedom Index prepared by Reporters Without Borders.

Bahrain ranked last in the Gulf, fourth in the Arab world, and 167th out of 180 countries in the world on the press freedom index, issued by Reporters without Borders on the World Press Freedom Day, which falls on May 3rd each year.

Bahrain Press Academy (BPA) issued its ninth report for 2018 on the World Press Freedom Day entitled "Bahrain, the Kingdom of Closed Doors".

Bahrain 19, a group concerned with defending freedom of opinion and expression, called on the Bahraini authorities to “release all the media persons, photographers, bloggers and online activists who were arrested over practicing freedom of opinion and expression.”