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Place of Birth: Bahrain
About Mansoor al-Jamri
- Mansoor al-Jamri (also Mansour; Arabic: ????? ???????; born 17 December 1961) is a Bahraini columnist, author, human rights activist and former opposition leader.
- He is the editor-in-chief of Al-Wasat, an Arabic language independent daily newspaper.
- He is also the second son of the Shia spiritual leader Sheikh Abdul-Amir al-Jamri, who died in 2006. A few months after he was born in the village of Bani Jamra, al-Jamri moved with his family to Iraq where his father continued his religious studies.
- To his delight, al-Jamri returned to Bahrain in 1973 and five years later graduated from high school.
- In 1979 he moved to the United Kingdom (UK) to continue his higher education.
- Between 1987 and 2001, al-Jamri lived in self-imposed exile in UK where he became the spokesman of a UK-based opposition group.
- Following a series of reforms of which he was initially skeptical of, al-Jamri returned to Bahrain in December 2001.
- He co-founded Al-Wasat in September 2002 and became its editor-in-chief since then.
- The newspaper, said to be the only one offering independent and non-sectarian coverage in Bahrain was a success, becoming the country's most popular and profitable.
- Al-Jamri writes daily columns described to be moderate and non-sectarian. When the Bahraini uprising started in February 2011, Al-Wasat and al-Jamri covered both sides of the conflict.
- Al-Jamri was involved in reconciliation talks until 15 March when Saudi troops entered Bahrain.
- That day, Al-Wasat printing facility was destroyed.
- Its employees which already faced harassment by groups of youths had to work from home.
- The next month, the newspaper was charged by government to publishing fabricated news about the uprising and was suspended.
- Al-Jamri acknowledged his mistake, but said he was set up and downplayed the impact of the false news.
- He resigned from his position and the newspaper was allowed to publish the next day.
- He was subsequently charged and convicted of publishing false news.
- In August, Al-Wasat board of directors reinstated him back to his position.
- In June 2017, the Information Affairs Ministry indefinitely suspended the newspaper, forcing the paper's closure.
- Amnesty International termed the government's actions an "all-out campaign to end independent reporting".
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