(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 […]
The rise of Islamist groups in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya as a result of the revolutionary movement in Arab countries this year has generated much angst about the fate of the arts, in Egypt in particular. The regimes in Egypt and Tunisia […]
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 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 […]