Bahrain police battle biggest protests in weeks
The Associated Press reports: Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas and stun grenades Friday as tens of thousands of protesters staged the biggest anti-government demonstrations in weeks in the divided...
View ArticleWhy didn’t CNN’s international arm air its own documentary on Bahrain’s Arab...
Glenn Greenwald describes how CNN International appears to have engaged in self-censorship in order to protect Bahrain’s repressive regime. CNN’s total cost for the documentary, ultimately titled...
View ArticleU.S. and U.K. are to Bahrain what Russia is to Syria, says prominent Bahraini...
The Independent reports: Maryam al-Khawaja doesn’t mince her words when she’s asked to assess what many Bahrainis think about Britain. “It’s not a very positive picture,” she sighs, stirring a spoonful...
View ArticleBeneath Bahrain’s Shia-versus-Sunni narrative, only the tyrants benefit
Maryam al-Khawaja writes: When you pick up the day’s newspaper, it is not likely that you will find much coverage of the ongoing popular revolt in Bahrain. But on the off chance that Bahrain is...
View ArticleBahrain, a brutal ally
Zainab al-Khawaja writes: Earlier this month, Aqeel Abdul Mohsen, 19, was shot in the face for protesting against Bahrain’s government. He was covered in blood, with the lower side of his face blown...
View ArticleThe video that stunned Bahrain on its uprising’s anniversary
France 24 reports: The second anniversary of Bahrain’s popular uprising was marked by renewed violence, resulting in the death of a 16-year old boy. In the video, filmed right after the teenager’s...
View ArticleBahrain’s continuing war on doctors
Rula al-Saffar writes: When the Arab Spring swept through Bahrain in 2011, citizens there — just as in other Middle East countries — took to the streets demanding political and economic reforms. Also...
View ArticleIan Henderson and repression in Bahrain: a forty-year legacy
IPS reports: Ian Henderson’s death announcement Apr. 15 in Bahrain brings to an end the life of a British expatriate who was the architect and supervisor of the harsh internal security policies of the...
View ArticleThe U.S. must not bear silent witness to another crackdown in Bahrain
Jeffrey Bachman and Matar Ebrahim Matar write: While the US media focuses on events in Egypt, Syria and elsewhere, the people of Bahrain continue to risk their freedom, their mental and physical...
View ArticleWho wants to help improve the image of an oppressive government?
The deceit at the core of public relations is contained in the name. Public Relations, or PR — it has a Stalinist blandness, as though it might perform the most benign, necessary, and mundane of...
View ArticleIgnoring Bahrain’s iron fist
Sarah Margon and Mary Laurie write: For two years, as the United States has condemned massive abuses of protesters throughout the Middle East, it has largely turned a blind eye to equally horrific...
View ArticleAssad’s war on doctors
Annie Sparrow, deputy director of the human rights program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, writes: Over the last few weeks, the growing plight of Syria’s civilian population has...
View ArticleU.S. and allies launch airstrikes on ISIS targets in Syria
The New York Times reports: The United States and allies launched airstrikes against Sunni militants in Syria early Tuesday, unleashing a torrent of cruise missiles and precision-guided bombs from the...
View ArticleMap of U.S. airstrikes across Syria
#Infographic: Map of #US-led airstrikes over #Syria. #ISIS http://t.co/vPFCeDVSX4 pic.twitter.com/Eid78T9Qgq — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) September 23, 2014 Vast majority of strikes were...
View ArticleObama’s ill-conceived coalition against ISIS
Musa al-Gharbi writes: The U.S. was the only non-Arab actor to participate in the Syria raids. Collaborating with the U.S. were five other Arab states: Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, and...
View ArticleWe are human rights defenders, but Bahrain says we’re terrorists
Sayed Alwadaei writes: The barbaric killing of Muadh al-Kasasbeh by Isis will haunt us for a long time to come as an example of the cruelty of today’s Jihadi terrorists. Kasasbeh was burned alive in a...
View ArticleU.S. to resume military aid to Bahrain despite human rights criticism
IB Times reports: The United States said on Monday that it would lift its ban on providing security and military aid to Bahrain, which was imposed after the Gulf state cracked down on Shia-led protests...
View ArticleMost of the drivers of regional destruction have little to do with...
Rami G Khouri writes: [Regional] destruction is painfully visible every day in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Bahrain, and Yemen, at the very least. This spectacle of multiple fragmenting states is...
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