jamri's daily column was a voice for non-sectarian moderation. during bahrain's arab-spring inspired protests earlier this year, he urged the sunni royal family and the shia-led opposition to negotiate their political differences. but after the government imposed a crackdown on march 15, jamri and his papers became targets. he was caught up in a crackdown that has detained more than 1,000-- mostly shia doctors, nurses, teachers, journalists and unionists-- and has cost thousands more their jobs. government-run bahrain tv broadcast an exposeÉ, charging that "al wasat" published items and photos from other outlets as if they were about bahrain. jamri and his two top editors resigned. within days, they were all criminally charged. today, critics say, "al wasat" is just another government mouthpiece. for daily coverage of bahrain, readers here now have only state-linked newspapers. for nearly two months, jamri and his sunni wife-- also a journalist-- have been keeping a low profile close to home. he spoke with us yesterday in his first television int