The Crackdown in Bahrain
Double standards have notoriously marked Britain and America’s response to the Arab Spring. But nowhere is the hypocrisy more glaring than in their reactions to the uprisings in Bahrain and Syria,...
View ArticleBahrain's elections overshadowed by crackdown on Shia protesters
A Bahraini woman walks past election campaign billboards near Manama. Photograph: Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images It's hard to miss the signs on the streets of Manama: King Hamad peering benignly from...
View ArticleBahrain protests prompt global concerns
By Bill Law Reporter, Crossing Continents Continue reading the main story Related Stories Bahrain to probe protest deaths In pictures: Protests spread Country profile: Bahrain As protests continue in...
View ArticleBahrain's rulers split over fate of rights activist
The hunger strike by Mr al-Khawaja, who says he will starve himself to death if he is not released from prison, has revived opposition to the al-Khalifas in recent weeks. Shia Muslims are angered by...
View ArticleUS and British-Backed Bahrain Regime: the Use of Toxic Terror in...
After more than five months of popular opposition to its autocratic rule, the US and British-backed unelected monarchy in Bahrain is deploying a new tactic of repression toxic terror. Unable to...
View ArticleRage against the Formula One machine
As tensions mounted, riot police fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters into crowds of thousands of predominantly Shia demonstrators who were calling for democratic reforms and the cancellation of...
View ArticlePatrick Cockburn: Only winners from brutal repression of Shia majority will...
How to explain the ferocity of the Bahraini al-Khalifa royal family's assault on the majority of its own people? Despite an end to martial law, the security forces show no signs of ceasing to beat...
View ArticleBahrain: From a new awakening to a divided nation
Signs of revolt simmering just beneath the surface are everywhere in the island kingdom of Bahrain, five months after protesters first demanded reform. Inspired by the Arab awakening, thousands of...
View ArticlePatrick Cockburn: Violence and sackings 'used to force Shia out' of Sunni...
Shia leaders have accused the Bahraini government of using violence, intimidation and mass sackings to drive their community out. Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa met David Cameron...
View ArticlePatrick Cockburn: Violence 'used to force Shia out' of Sunni kingdom
Shia leaders have accused the Bahraini government of using violence, intimidation and mass sackings to drive their community out. Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa met David Cameron...
View ArticleSaudi and Bahrain expected to seek union - minister
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said, a move dismissed by the...
View ArticleSaudi and Bahrain expected to seek union-minister
DUBAI/RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are expected to announce closer political union at a meeting of Gulf Arab leaders on Monday, a Bahraini minister said, a move dismissed by the...
View ArticleSaudi and Bahrain expected to seek union: minister
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View ArticleBahrain's elections overshadowed by crackdown on opposition
The Gulf state goes to the polls tomorrow amid rising Sunni-Shia tensions and fears of a return to authoritarianism A Bahraini woman walks past election campaign billboards near Manama. Photograph:...
View ArticleBritains Barbaric "Special Relationship" with Arab Dictators
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (R) shakes hands with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (L) during their meeting at 10 Downing Street in central London on While the majority of Bahrainis...
View ArticlePower struggle within Bahraini royal family
Senior Bahraini police officers suspended for torturing detainees are being swiftly reinstated in a sign of a growing struggle for power within the al-Khalifa royal family over the extent of the...
View ArticleFractures in Bahrain
Senior Bahraini police officers suspended for torturing detainees are being swiftly reinstated in a sign of a growing struggle for power within the al-Khalifa royal family over the extent of the...
View ArticlePower struggle deepens divisions among Bahraini royal family
Senior Bahraini police officers suspended for torturing detainees are being swiftly reinstated in a sign of a growing struggle for power within the al-Khalifa royal family over the extent of the...
View ArticleBahrain braced for new wave of repression
Arrests and troop movements signal another government crackdown on protests in the tiny Gulf state Mourners during the funeral of Zakria Rashid al-Asherri, 40, in Dair village, north of the Bahraini...
View ArticleBahraini Rulers Play Sectarian Card in Bid to Trump Pro-democracy Movement
Increasing attacks on Shia mosques in the Bahraini states withering crackdown against the pro-democracy movement is a deliberate attempt to isolate the political opposition and amounts to a campaign...
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