Bahrain
"The Kingdom" banned in BahrainPosted Nov 2 2007
Bahraini authorities have banned the Hollywood film, “The Kingdom,” a fictional story set in Saudi Arabia. The film focuses on the “war on terror” and an FBI investigation of terrorist bombing attacks that took place in Saudi Arabia, in Riyadh in May 2003 and in Al-Khobar in June 1996, during which over 100 people of different nationalities were killed, according to the International Freedom of Expression exchange.
This is not the first case of movie censorship, which has included the religious film “The Passion of the Christ.” Mel Gibson's blockbuster film was banned in 2006 on the basis that it was against Islam because it depicted prophet (Jesus).
The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expressed its concerns at how freedom of expression is being targeted and curtailed.