( CNN ) -- Bahrain says an American teacher posted and tweeted items that incited `` hatred '' against the government and the royal family and has booted her out of the kingdom . The Ministry of Communications said the teacher was deported for her `` activities linked to radical opposition groups , '' as well as violating the terms of her work permit by working as an unaccredited journalist . While the government did not name the teacher , the Bahrain Center for Human Rights identified her as Erin Kilbride . The ministry said she published a number of articles for online journals , including one it says is linked to Hezbollah . `` We can not have someone teaching impressionable young children who supports an internationally recognized terrorist organization like Hezbollah , '' said the principal at the school where the woman taught , according to the Bahrain News Agency . Kilbride wrote an article critical of Bahrain 's crackdown on dissent for the website Muftah . The article hinted at hypocrisy by some Gulf countries for supporting revolutions -- as long as it 's not in their own backyard . Muftah lists Kilbride on its staff page as the co-editor for its Yemen and Gulf States section . The teacher 's expulsion comes as Bahraini opposition groups gear up for a mass protest set for Wednesday . Tensions in the kingdom remain high after a 2011 uprising in which the majority Shiite population protested against the ruling Sunni minority . The protests were spurred by uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt . But the demonstrations failed to gain the traction of other Arab Spring uprisings after a crackdown by authorities in the island state , backed by troops from nearby Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates under the banner of the Gulf Cooperation Council .
NEW : A human rights official identified the teacher as Erin Kilbride . The teacher was deported for ` ` activities linked to radical Islamic groups '' An opposition bloc has called for a mass protest Wednesday . Tensions in the city were high after a 2011 riot .