Unless the only entrant in the blog awards is the government. And the government was the judging panel.

Even then, they’d probably be a little reticent to set that kind of thing up.

Apparently Bahrain isn’t so keen on bloggers, or that “Freedom of Expression” thing that so many countries get picnickerty about.

Bahrain blogger Ali Abduleman has been arrested on charges that he has spread “false news” on BahrainOnline.org, the site to which he contributed.

Sheesh. Heavy charge. I wonder what hayibo.com would make of all this?

If you feel like it, you can check out the official Bahrain news portal for more info. We wish you luck with that.

Picture Credit : Panascape]

[Source : BoingBoing]