After Muwatin called for political reform in Oman and the Gulf countries, its Editor in Chief Al-Fazari was arrested in August 2014 and was held incommunicado for six days.[4] He was arrested again on 22 December 2014 at Muscat International airport by security authorities who informed him that a travel ban had been issued against him. After appearing before the Special Division of the Omani Police in Muscat for an investigation, he was arrested and released on the same day without his official documents (his passport and ID card), even though no charges were brought against him.[5]