Mansoor Al-Jamri

Mansoor al-Jamri (Arabic: منصور الجمري‎) (also Mansour and Mansur) was born in Bahrain on 17 December 1961. He is the son of Bahrain's spiritual Shi'a leader, Sheik Abdul-Amir Al-Jamri.^[1]

Mansoor is the Editor-in-Chief of the independent Bahraini daily newspaper Al Wasat^[2]. He was forced to resign by the government during the 2011 Bahraini uprising on 3 April 2011, but was reinstated back to his position by the Board of Directors on 4 August 2011 ^[3] .^[4] He returned from the United Kingdom in December 2001 and founded the Bahraini daily newspaper, Al Wasat, following the introduction of political reforms in Bahrain.

Dr. Al-Jamri is a recipient of the CPJ International Press Freedom Awards in 2011^[5] along with three other awardees.

Apartheid in Bahrain

He is an outspoken critic of Apartheid in Bahrain, telling the Los Angeles Times in 2011 that the government of Bahrain runs a system of "apartheid... They've made a decision that half the population is not wanted, and they want to instill fear in this population and dehumanize them."^[4]

External links

• Alwasat Newspaper
• "Islam21"

Notes

1. ^ gulf001- Changes in Bahrain
2. ^ NY Times
3. ^ http://www.alwasatnews.com/3254/news/read/575989/1.html
4. ^ ^{a b} Jeffrey Fleishman [1] "After crushed protests, Bahrain is accused of deepened oppression of Shiites", May 12, 2011, Los Angeles Times.
5. ^ "2011 CPJ International Press Freedom Awardee". http://www.cpj.org/awards/2011/mansoor-al-jamri-bahrain.php. Retrieved 4 October 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Mansoor Al-Jamri
Alternative names	Mansour , Mansur
Short description	Journalist
Date of birth	17 December 1961
Place of birth	Bahrain
Date of death
Place of death