Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:00 GMT By Andrew Hammond MANAMA, Sept 28 (Reuters) – In the rubbish-strewn streets of Sanabis, the police are on the prowl for the culprits. A group of Shi’ite teenagers and women, some of them mothers, some of […]
In the rubbish-strewn streets of Sanabis, the police are on the prowl for the culprits. A group of Shi’ite teenagers and women, some of them mothers, some of them single, scuttle into a nearby house, putting out the lights as men get […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Sun Sep 25, 2011 5:10pm BST (Reuters) – Fewer than one in five voters cast ballots in Bahraini by-elections this weekend, a government website showed, after the Shi’ite majority in the Gulf Arab state boycotted the polls […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:44pm EDT (Reuters) – Bahrain’s main opposition boycotted elections on Saturday held to fill parliamentary seats vacated by its members during a crackdown on a mostly Muslim Shi’ite protest movement in the Sunni-ruled […]
DUBAI, July 28 (Reuters) – Bahrain’s king approved parliamentary reforms on Thursday after the suppression of pro-democracy protests, granting more powers of scrutiny for the elected lower house but preserving the dominance of an upper house appointed by the royal elite. King […]
The Bahrain National Dialogue document has been published in summary and a copy of it is below. They say the Arabic version is to be published on Friday. The king is to meet the Dialogue members today; Wefaq say they will not go, […]
Bahraini former army officer Mohammed Al-Buflasa was released today after he was detained for several months for making a speech at Pearl Roundabout about Sunni-Shi’ite unity in their demand for a democratic Bahrain. This is the speech. He was arrested immediately after […]
In a room overlooking the waters of the Gulf in Manama, the leader of Bahrain’s largest opposition party ponders a troubling question: Did he throw away a chance for the first real democracy in the Gulf Arab region? Over two months after […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Thu Jun 9, 2011 10:17am BST (Reuters) – Sectarian tension between Sunni and Shi’ite Muslims has reached new heights in Bahrain after pro-democracy protests that the Sunni minority government crushed with martial law and foreign military forces. […]
By Andrew Hammond MANAMA | Wed Jun 1, 2011 6:07pm BST (Reuters) – Bahraini Shi’ites say they have endured a reign of terror during 11 weeks of martial law imposed to break up a pro-democracy movement that for the first time threatened […]