By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Apr 4, 2012 5:34pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s Sunni Muslim minority, fearful of Shi’ite political assertiveness, is spawning factions that rail against compromise with the island’s sectarian majority, while nursing their own grudges against its Sunni […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:05am EDT (Reuters) – A Bahraini Shi’ite Muslim teenager said three men who appeared to be plainclothes detectives abducted him last week, dragged him into a garage and beat him into unconsciousness after […]
By Andrew Hammond SITRA, Bahrain, March 24 | Sat Mar 24, 2012 6:02pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahraini police clashed with anti-government protesters on Saturday at a Shi’ite town where residents tried to demonstrate against the Gulf Arab state’s holding of a Formula […]
Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:38pm EDT By Andrew Hammond (Reuters) – Bahraini protesters battled with riot police near Manama on Friday after the funeral of a woman whose family said she died after tear gas entered her home twice in the past […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:30pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain is installing video cameras in police stations in an attempt to clean up its human rights image after the crushing of a pro-democracy uprising last year. But the […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Mar 21, 2012 5:36pm GMT (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia wants Bahrain’s government and opposition to resolve a political crisis that it fears could worsen because of the sectarian fallout of fighting in Syria and destabilise its […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:45pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain will go ahead with the prosecution of 20 medics who treated wounded protesters during an uprising last year, despite a statement suggesting most of the cases would be […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Tue Mar 20, 2012 2:59pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s king said on Tuesday his island state had rolled out real reforms in the wake of international criticism of its crackdown on protesters last year but now needed […]
MANAMA, March 14 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s main opposition movement Wefaq is making overtures to the monarchy on how to pursue democratic reforms but its efforts may be undermined by waning support from youth who seek more revolutionary change. Tweet
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:16am EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s main opposition movement Wefaq is making overtures to the monarchy on how to pursue democratic reforms but its efforts may be undermined by waning support from youth who […]