News Articles

May 2012

The War of the Words: Bahrain’s Struggle over Local Coverage by Nada al-Wadi for Sada: Analysis on Arab Reform, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (May 3, 2012)

The Kingdoms United? by Nima Khorrami Assl for Sada: Analysis on Arab Reform, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (May 23, 2012)

April 2012

The Crackdown: How the United States Looked the Other Way While Bahrain Crushed the Arab Spring’s Most Ill-Fated Uprising by Kelly McEvers (Middle East Correspondent for National Public Radio [NPR] ) for Washington Monthly (March/April 2012)

Meet Bahrain’s Best Friend in Congress by Justin Elliott for ProPublica (April 2, 2012)

Houses Divided: the Splintering of Bahrain’s Political Camps by Laurence Louër for Sada: Analysis on Arab Reform, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (April 4, 2012)

In the Kingdom of Tear Gas by Gregg Carlstrom for Middle East Research and Information Project (4/13/2012)

Don’t Forget About Bahrain by Caitlin Fitz Gerald for CNN’s The Global Public Square (April 24, 2012)

March 2012

Bahrain delays U.N. investigator, limits rights group visits by Andrew Hammond for Reuters (3/1/2011)

Protesters Renew Calls for Reforms in Bahrain by Reuters news staff via The New York Times (3/11/2011)

Protests, Investigator Pressure Bahrain by Alex Delmar-Morgan for The Wall Street Journal (3/11/2012)

Global Media Watchdog Names Enemies of the Internet by Associated Press news staff (3/12/2012)

Bahrain’s attacks on protesting athletes shatters chances for Olympic glory by Aryn Baker for Time Magazine (3/15/2012)

Bahrain says significant progress made on reforms by Andrew Hammond for Reuters (3/20/2012)

UN: Bahrain must probe reported protester deaths by Samira Said for CNN.com (3/20/2012)

Bahrain to go ahead with medics trial by Al Jazeera news staff (3/21/2012)

Bahrain mosque damage shows plight to ease unrest by Reem Khalifa and Brian Murphy for Associated Press (3/21/2012)

Teen is reported as kidnapped; tortured in Sanabis by Al Jazeera (3/21/2012)

Tortured Justice by Brian Dooley for Foreign Policy (3/22/2012)

Tear Gas Kills Two Bahrainis, opposition by Agence France-Presse news staff (3/24/2012)

Bahrain protestors battle with police by Gregg Carlstrom for Al Jazeera (3/25/2012)

Bahraini Dissident Blogger Ali Abdulemam Missing For One Year by Madison Shimoda for The Daily Beast (3/25/2012)

Bahrain aquits some teachers charged during unrest by Isabel Coles for Reuters (3/26/2012)

Bahrain rejects Shi’ite teenager’s claim of police abuse by Andrew Hammond for Reuters (3/27/2012)

Little optimism as Bahrainis talk about talks: Sectarianism and complicated demands from all sides make it unlikely that a planned “national dialogue” will go forward by Gregg Carlstrom for Al Jazeera (3/27/2012)

‘Critical rights’ reforms ignored in Bahrain: Government has not taken major steps to end torture and review verdicts from military tribunals, rights groups say by Gregg Carlstrom for Al Jazeera (3/29/2012)

February 2012

Congress protests Obama on Bahrain arms sale by Justin Elliott for Salon and ProPublica (2/3/2012)

A U.S. double-standard for Bahrain? by John Bentley for CBS News (2/20/2012)

January 2012

Lockheed Martin goes to bat for oppressive regime by Justin Elliott for Salon and ProPublica (1/4/2012)