The Assistant Undersecretary denied reports that the Bahraini Government had made a list of Bahrainis who are banned from traveling to other countries. Bahrain has no authority to dictate to other sovereign nations who enters their country.
The statement by the Assistant Undersecretary was made in response to reports that the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper Al Wasat was denied entry to the United Arab Emirates at the request from the Government of Bahrain.