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 […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, March 13 | Tue Mar 13, 2012 4:00pm EDT (Reuters) – The man who led efforts to diversify Bahrain’s oil-reliant economy has lost his job as head of the kingdom’s top economic policy-making body, further clouding the future […]
By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:01am EST (Reuters) – An adviser to Bahrain’s King Hamad said the Gulf Arab state would hold a “comprehensive dialogue” soon to end a year-long political crisis but the opposition said it was […]
(Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Bahrainis demonstrated on Friday to demand democratic reforms, stepping up pressure on the U.S.-allied government with the biggest protest yet in a year of unrest. They began marching along a highway near Manama in response to […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Thu Mar 1, 2012 5:06pm EST (Reuters) – Bahrain has imposed restrictions on groups trying to monitor reforms including the Gulf Arab state’s handling of protests and asked the U.N. investigator into torture to postpone a trip, […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Sun Feb 26, 2012 6:16pm GMT (Reuters) – Bahrain said on Sunday almost all the verdicts issued by military courts against people involved in a pro-democracy protest movement crushed by the Gulf Arab state last year were […]