In accordance with the Royal Order 28 for this year on the establishment of a Royal Independent Investigation Commission (RIIC) to inquire into and report on the February and March incidents and their subsequent aftermath, and following His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa’s directives on the need to cooperate fully with the commission, President of the Information Affairs Authority (IAA) Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa issued orders to set up a committee to facilitate the work of the Royal Independent Investigation Commission.
Strategic Planning Advisor and Acting Director of the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) Ali bin Mohammed Al Rumaihi will be the Committee Chairman, while Development Advisor Fatima Jassim Al Dhawadi, Director General of the Press and Publications Directorate and Acting Director of Press and Foreign Media Directorate Nawaf Mohammed Al Ma’awda, News Director Mohammed Abdulqader Al Qooti and IAA Legal Advisor Shaikha Noora bint Khalifa Al Khalifa as its members.
The committee, which will facilitate RIIC’s work and provide it with all the information it needs from the IAA, will be directly affiliated with IAA President and will submit periodical reports to him on its work and findings.
It can also appoint any person it deems important in facilitating RIIC’s mission.