By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:36pm EST (Reuters) – A film about one of thousands of Koranic schools for girls in Syria has shocked some Syrians but impressed others with the implication that one of the bastions of […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:24pm EST (Reuters) – When Yasmina Adi got access to archives documenting the 1961 repression of Algerian protesters in Paris, she was shocked to uncover a trove of material relating to gaps in […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:23pm EST (Reuters) – The first cinematic output covering protests in Egypt and Tunisia this year recreates the euphoria of revolutions that many thought would never happen, but reveals signs of the conflicts […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Mon Dec 12, 2011 9:32am EST Dec 12 (Reuters) – Associates of Yasser Arafat offer personal recollections in a documentary screened in Dubai this week on his search for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that descended into violence […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:58am EST (Reuters) – Bahrain has announced a commission to steer reforms after an inquiry found systematic rights abuse during a government crackdown on pro-democracy protests this year, but opposition parties said they […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Fri Nov 25, 2011 3:30pm EST (Reuters) – A report that slammed Bahrain for using systematic torture to crush pro-democracy protests has put pressure on the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state to take some steps toward political reform […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Nov 23, 2011 6:07pm EST (Reuters) – Bahrain’s security forces used excessive force to suppress pro-democracy protests earlier this year, torturing detainees to get confessions, an inquiry panel charged with investigating abuses said on Wednesday. The […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:32pm GMT (Reuters) – Bahrain admitted Monday its forces had used excessive force and mistreated detainees during pro-democracy protests, as it awaited the release of an independent report expected to criticise the Gulf […]
By Andrew Hammond and Mitra Amiri DUBAI/TEHRAN, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Iran denied on Monday it had any link to an alleged plot to stage attacks in Bahrain and a lawyer for two accused men said reports they had confessed were not […]
By Andrew Hammond SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia | Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:36pm BST (Reuters) – Smoke billowed from a wrecked police station in Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid Friday after protesters angry that their election candidates were disqualified rampaged through the town that was […]