Bahrain has no free speech

So one of my favorite Bahrain bloggers, mahmood.tv has now been banned by the Bahrain government. Why? 'Cause he calls it like he sees it. Bahrain has its second ever parliamentary elections coming up next month, which is a huge deal for the country. However, about 2 months ago a British guy named Al Bander, who had a high ranking governmental position, published this huge report about corruption in the Bahrain government. It had well documented cases of kickbacks, bribery, you name it. The government quickly put a gag order on the press here in an attempt to make this scandal go away. They deported this British guy and thought all was well. Luckily there are a few people on this small island that can see right through the government's bullshit and this guy is one. He is very well known around the island, and quite honestly we all knew it would be a matter of time before he got the digital ax. Luckily I have a little program called TOR that allows me to surf anonymously and I have no problem accessing banned sites such as his. If you have some spare time I would suggest having a look at his blog. It's good stuff.