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April 20th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Journalists and photographers with Agence France-Presse (AFP) and Associated Press (AP) have been prevented from entering the Arab state, AFP reported Thursday.
In February, Bahraini authorities refused to give visas to journalists and reporters from AFP and other international organizations that wanted to cover the first anniversary of the anti-regime protests that kicked off in mid-March, 2011.
Bahrainis have vowed to stage “Days of Rage” during the motor race, which is Bahrain’s most high-profile international event and is scheduled to be held from April 20 to 22.
Anti-regime demonstrators denounce the race, which the authorities say will be held as planned, despite the government’s ongoing violent crackdown on peaceful protesters.
On Wednesday, Saudi-backed Al Khalifa forces attacked anti-regime protesters in the capital Manama who demanded the Formula 1 Grand Prix be called off in response to the government’s suppression of protests.
The Bahraini government has also arrested at least 80 protest leaders as the country prepares for the event.
Last year, the Formula 1 race’s governing body, FIA, cancelled the contest in Bahrain over nationwide anti-government protests and the suppression that ensued.
Scores of people have also been killed and many others have been injured in the Saudi-backed crackdown on peaceful protesters in Bahrain.
Anti-regime demonstrators hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the death of protesters during the popular uprising that erupted in the Persian Gulf state in February 2011.
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