(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The Saturday expulsion comes after authorities accused Marlowe of falsifying her visa application and shooting the documentary without permission.

Saudi-backed regime forces have imposed a strict media blackout in order to prevent the international community from gaining a true picture of crimes being committed against anti-regime activists across the small Persian Gulf sheikhdom.

"Marlowe is affiliated with members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISI) organization, some of whom had resorted to similar illegal entry tactics in February of this year," a Bahraini regime official said.

Earlier in February, Manama announced the expulsion of 12 other human rights experts, who intended to take part in the first anniversary of popular protests against the Al Khalifa dynasty.

Bahrainis have been staging demonstrations since mid-February 2011, demanding political reform and a constitutional monarchy, a demand that later changed to an outright call for the ouster of the ruling Al Khalifa family following its brutal crackdown on peaceful protests.

Scores of people have been killed and many others have been injured in the Saudi-backed crackdown on peaceful protesters in Bahrain.

Bahrainis hold King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa responsible for the death and arrest of protesters.

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