The biggest difference between Bahrain’s protests now and in 1994 is social media, on two counts, writes Arran Dall, managing editor of FACT Bahrain Magazine
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Code blue: a Bahrain hospital in need of help
Tanks at the hospital gate , protesters being shot in the eyes and civilians fleeing to hide in the hospital: an anonymous doctor in Bahrain writes of the difficult situation for one hospital in Manama.
Mid-East uprising stopped in its tracks by West’s strategic uncertainty
The uprisings in the Middle East have been stopped dead in their tracks by a ferocious reaction from some of the world’s worst dictatorships, emboldened by international apathy.
Libya latest: no force, says Gaddafi, but threatens to kill dissenters
Muammar Gaddafi defiantly declares he won’t step down in his first real televised speech since anti-government protests began across the country last week. Crikey intern Sophie Cousins wraps the latest from the Middle East.
In Bahrain, a bloody day for martyrs
“I’ve never seen such evil,” said one Bahraini protester as the people stormed the city and ambulances ferried the dead. Soraya Lennie, an Al Jazeera producer in Bahrain, reports on impending revolution.
Middle East on fire: the latest from Bahrain, Libya and Yemen
Bahrainis the latest country in the region to be engulfed in anti-government demonstrations, inspired by the recent uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. Crikey covers the latest, including more violence in Libya and Yemen.
How to read the Middle Eastern dominoes
Bahrian is looking like a smaller version of Egypt, further evidence of the “domino effect” that has already seen protests in Yemen, Algeria, Iran, Jordan and Libya — with official responses that have ranged from hurried concessions to brutal repression.
Jenson Button’s Bahrain F1 win best of his career
Jenson Button described his third win of the Formula One season in Bahrain yesterday as the best of his career.
Bahrain Grand Prix preview: expect a Brawn resurgence
Bahrain is the last of the opening series of ‘flyaway’ races and, after two rain-affected Grands Prix, we’re likely to see a much more normal race at the desert circuit.
