MANAMA (Reuters) – Armoured vehicles patrolled Bahrain’s capital on Tuesday in a security clampdown to deter protesters after overnight clashes outside Manama on the first anniversary of a forcibly suppressed pro-democracy uprising. Youths flung petrol bombs at police cars during skirmishes before […]
(Reuters) – One year after Bahrainis, inspired by uprisings in fellow Arab countries, occupied a central public space in Manama their demands for political reform remain unmet, the economy has drawn almost to a halt and sectarian suspicion tears at the fabric […]
(Reuters) – The leader of Bahrain’s largest Shi’ite Muslim opposition party called on youths to refrain from violence in protests ahead of the February 14 anniversary of a revolt crushed by military force. Clashes between Shi’ite youths and police have escalated in […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:15pm IST (Reuters) – A top U.S. lawman hired by Bahrain to help clean up its security practices after revelations of torture used to help crush a protest movement last year said the […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:59am EST (Reuters) – Bahraini riot police waged pitched battles with petrol-bomb throwing youths on Sunday as violence escalated before the February 14 anniversary of an uprising last year, while King Hamad suggested […]
By Andrew Hammond Manama | Sat Feb 11, 2012 11:29pm GMT (Reuters) – Bahrain expelled two American rights activists Saturday after police used teargas and stun grenades to break up a protest Saturday that tried to march toward the roundabout at the […]
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 […]