By Andrew Hammond and Rania El Gamal DUBAI | Thu Aug 16, 2012 5:16pm EDT (Reuters) – A prominent Bahraini opposition activist was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday for anti-government protests, his lawyer said, a verdict Washington said was […]

Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:44am EDT * Verdict delayed until Sept. 4 as street protests simmer * U.S. wants detainees freed to stabilise ally against Iran * King says Bahrain has survived a year of “foreign plots” By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, Aug […]

DUBAI | Tue Jul 31, 2012 11:30am EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s crown prince has ordered police to exercise restraint in dealing with protesters and to avoid sectarian discrimination, as opposition activists accuse the Gulf Arab state of cracking down on pro-democracy protests. […]

By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:55pm IST (Reuters) – Bahrain has said it is banning opposition rallies in order to prevent disruption to traffic and street violence that are sabotaging efforts to end unrest in the Gulf Arab […]

DUBAI | Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:49pm EDT (Reuters) – A Bahrain court has dissolved a Shi’ite Islamist political party which has played a role in the Gulf Arab state’s wave of unrest, on the grounds that it answers to a religious […]

DUBAI | Mon Jul 9, 2012 8:34am EDT (Reuters) – A prominent Bahraini protest leader, Nabeel Rajab, was sentenced to three months in prison over a tweet against the prime minister which the court said insulted Bahrainis, Rajab’s lawyer and a colleague […]

By Samia Nakhoul MANAMA | Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:00am EDT (Reuters) – A Bahrain court on Thursday reduced sentences on nine medics for their role in last year’s pro-democracy uprising and acquitted nine others, but rights groups said the case was […]

By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:39pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s King Hamad said on Wednesday he would not allow any more “insults” of the armed forces in the Gulf state in an apparent warning to leading Shi’ite opposition […]

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:00 GMT By Andrew Hammond DUBAI, June 13 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s economic reforms – once hailed as the most ambitious in the Gulf – seems to have stalled as hardliners in the Sunni ruling family who see Shi’ite […]

By Andrew Hammond DUBAI | Mon Jun 4, 2012 1:00pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain justified moves to ban a small Islamist group on Monday by saying a radical Shi’ite cleric based abroad was its spiritual leader, while the move was seen by […]