By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Thu Feb 9, 2012 9:01pm IST (Reuters) – Bahraini activists dreaming of a return to the roundabout in Manama at the heart of a popular uprising last year have tried to recreate the electric atmosphere in a […]
(Reuters) – Bahraini activists dreaming of a return to the roundabout in Manama at the heart of a popular uprising last year have tried to recreate the electric atmosphere in a makeshift “Freedom Square” ahead of next week’s anniversary of the unrest. […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Feb 8, 2012 9:02am EST (Reuters) – The funeral march for Mohammed Yaacoub had barely ended last week when police and protesters faced off in the town of Sitra, an impoverished district of Bahrain that has […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Sat Feb 4, 2012 2:51pm EST (Reuters) – Bahrainis of different political stripes faced off in a rare forum on Saturday to try to bridge deep rifts against a backdrop of continued disturbances outside the Gulf Arab […]
By Andrew Hammond, Reuters Thursday, 2 February 2012 8:24 AM Bahraini independents worried that the island will slide into sectarian violence have begun an effort to break the political stalemate between pro-government and opposition forces. Ali Fakhro, a former minister and ambassador […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:14pm GMT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s king announced constitutional amendments on Sunday giving parliament more powers of scrutiny over government, but the opposition said they fell far short of demands for democracy that have […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:44pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s main opposition boycotted elections on Saturday held to fill parliamentary seats vacated by its members during a crackdown on a mostly Muslim Shi’ite protest movement in the Sunni-ruled […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Jun 1, 2011 6:07pm BST (Reuters) – Bahraini Shi’ites say they have endured a reign of terror during 11 weeks of martial law imposed to break up a pro-democracy movement that for the first time threatened […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Tue May 31, 2011 12:27pm EDT (Reuters) – As martial law comes to an end in the Gulf Arab state of Bahrain this week, opposition activists are wondering whether they threw away what might have been the […]