(MENAFN) Bahraini authorities said that activists who use social media to express their anti-government point of view will be "tracked down," The New Arab reported.
Online dissidents can expect to face "severe measures" against them, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah al-Khalifa said in a statement published on the state news agency, as Bahrain tightens its crackdown on opposition.
"We are not far from tracking down those behind this, and taking legal action against them," Khalifa said in the statement.
As it has been haunting via social media platforms such as Twitter, Bahraini activist Nabeel Rajab was given five more years in jail in February for "insulting" tweets, following his criticism of the Saudi-led military assaults against Yemen.
Manama also jailed one person for a tweet deemed sympathetic to Qatar, which is under a blockade by Bahrain, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
It is worth noting that Human Rights Watch said in 2011 that the country report and the international press, freedom of the press both in print and on web sites is severely restricted, with websites blocked, journalists allegedly tortured and editors fired.
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