Article – Bahrain Freedom Movement

Gulf’s middle class — a closer look

– James J. Zogby – 06/03/2007

In my last column, I presented a snapshot of the middle class in the Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain. The picture produced by our polling at Zogby International allowed us to describe some characteristics of this class and measure, in a general way, their attitudes towards a variety of social and economic concerns.

– The Times – 06/01/2007

1937 – December 18, 2006 Shia cleric who campaigned for democracy in Bahrain
Elections without democracy

– 01/12/2006

Who were the winners and losers in last month’s “elections” held in the Gulf state of Bahrain? Whatever the official media attempted to say, the reality is that the people of Bahrain have remained voiceless and powerless as ever.

– 23/11/2006

Abduljalil Alsingace 20th November 2006 Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa has been the only ever Bahrain prime minister, since the formation of the State in 1971.

Bahrain offers dram of democracy

– By Robin Lustig – 21/09/2005

Bahrain is not like the other Gulf states, it is not awash with oil and it does have to look after the pennies. While it is both the smallest and the poorest state in the region, it also claims to be the most democratic

In Bahrain, Doubts About Reform

– By Nora Boustany – 24/06/2005

Friday, June 24, 2005; Page A28 When King Hamad bin Isa Khalifa of Bahrain embarked on political reform in his small kingdom four years ago and offered amnesty to student activists living in exile, Abdul Hadi Khawaja decided it was time to go home.
Young in the Arab World: Bahrain

– B.B.C – 22/02/2005

tiny island state in the gulf, Bahrain has a buzzing club scene and alcohol is allowed. But how free do young people feel in the capital Manama, and what future they see for themselves

Briton sues over Bahrain ‘torture’

– By Tosin Sulaiman – 09/08/2004

BRITISH man who served nearly four years for manslaughter in a Bahrain jail is to sue the Middle Eastern state for false imprisonment and torture. Richard Mechan, 38, of Kingsholm, Gloucester, was sentenced to 15 years for stabbing to death Marshall Emmons, 31, a fibre optics engineer from Tucson, Arizona, in Bahrain in July 2000. The term was later reduced to five years after his case of self-defence went before a court

THE NEW AMIR OF BAHRAIN: MARCHING SIDEWAYS

– 31/03/2000

“CIVIL SOCIETY, VOLUME 9, ISSUE 100, APRIL 2000,” THE NEW AMIR OF BAHRAIN: MARCHING SIDEWAYS By: Abdulhadi Khalaf

Islam and Urban Space: Ma’tams in Bahrain Before Oil

– 31/05/1999

[Magazine: ISIM Newsletter, ISSN 388-9788, July 1999. (ISIM Institute, P.O. Box 11089, 2301 EB Leiden, holland)] Islam and Urban Space: Ma’tams in Bahrain Before Oil By Dr. Nelida Fuccaro

Bahrain – a country of torture and murder

– 31/12/1997

Euro-MP Mr. Stan Newens writes on Bahrain in “Liberation” magazine [Liberation, Volume 40, 1997 (Released in January 1998)] Bahrain – a country of torture and murder

Impoverished Villages Are Tinder Box For Bahrain Unrest

– 27/03/1996

By MARTIN MARRIS Associated Press Writer Extracts March 27, 1996

Bahraini Regime Stages Confessions, Rejects Compromise

– 30/11/1995

Joe Stork From the Summer 1996 issue of Middle East Report 201 At the end of May, the government of Bahrain summoned the international press to Manama for what it promised would be a major policy statement on Monday, June 3.

Clampdown Dents Bahrain’s Image as Stable Eden

– 26/06/1995

Craig Turner, “Clampdown Dents Bahrain’s Image as Stable Eden,” Los Angeles Times, 26 June 1995.

– 12/06/1995

The coverage of the US press was less than that of the UK. An example od such coverage is the following article from the Wall Street Journal by Peter Waldman,

“Shia mosques smashed as police answer Bahrain unres”

– 11/04/1995

The Guardian ,11 April 1995, Kathy Evans in Bahrain. “Shia mosques smashed as police answer Bahrain unres”t. At The Mukbara mosque in the Bahraini village of Sannabis, Hussein swept the broken glass into neat piles.

The Economist: Will Britain Assist Democracy in Bahrain?

– 31/03/1995

The Economist of 25-31 March 1995 (Volume 334, No. 7909) published an important article about Bahrain.

– 30/11/1994

EIU Country Report 2nd quarter 1995, The Economist Intelligence Unit Limited, 1995.