Suppressing the narrative in Bahrain As the anniversary of the uprising nears, the country\'s rulers are denying foreigners entry and hiring PR firms. In January, Brian Dooley, of the US-based organisation Human Rights First, was preparing for his fourth trip back to Bahrain since the uprising began in February 2011. Dooley told Al Jazeera that he had never previously had any problems entering the country. \"About a week before I was going, I got a letter saying: \'Do not come,\'\" Dooley said. With the uprising\'s one-year anniversary on Tuesday - and protests already happening across the country - it is unlikely that efforts to distance the country\'s rulers from what has recently become a familiar image of a regime willing to hold on to power, at any cost, will be anything but an exercise in futility.