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Mansoor al-Jamri CPJ International Press Freedom Awards Awarded In 2011

 
Mansoor al-Jamri

Mansoor al-Jamri

Award Name : CPJ International Press Freedom Awards

Year of Award : 2011

Award for : Journalism

Location : Banī Jamrah, Central Governorate, Bahrain

 

Mansoor al-Jamri (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.

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 the opposition group, Bahrain Freedom Movement.He received CPJ International Press Freedom Awards in 2011.

 

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