DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahraini authorities arrested a former photographer for Agence France-Presse on unspecified charges on his return from a holiday abroad, the French news agency reported.
Mohammed Al-Shaikh, a prize-winning local photojournalist who worked for AFP in Bahrain for several years, was detained at Manama airport late on Tuesday, AFP and the UK-based Bahrain Press Association, which seeks to defend journalists in the Gulf Arab state, said late Wednesday.
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