Bahrain Dictatorship Urged to halt Active Repression as Pro-Democracy Protests Grow
Bahrain articles on Democracy Chronicles
News about the struggle for democracy in Bahrain. According to Freedom House, the "2002 constitution gives the king power over the executive, legislative, and judicial authorities". Repression and a lack of democracy for the majority Shiite population is source of ongoing tension. Also check out our section on World Democracy and our articles on the Arab Spring and the Middle East.
Bahrain Hunger Striker Puts More Pressure on King
Bahrain Hunger Striker Contends With Oil Dictatorship on Assault From All Sides as Democracy Protest Movement Builds
Tens of Thousands of Democracy Protesters in Bahrain
Dictatorship Again Suspected in Death of Boy as F1 Democracy Protesters in Bahrain Protest Race
Massive Unrest on Streets of Bahrain Ahead of Race
Democracy Protesters in Unrest on Streets of Bahrain of F1 Race as Regime Continues Repression
Bahrain Welcomes F1 With Fire Bomb
The Latest Continuation of Game During Ongoing Repression Brings Dark Cloud as Bahrain Welcomes F1
Bahraini Democracy Hunger Striker Gets Support in Iraq
Shiite Iraqi Politician Calls for Release of Bahraini Democracy Hunger Striker After Long
Bahrain in Turmoil as Car Race Becomes National Symbol
The Dictatorship’s Use of Torture on Protesters Condemned by Rights Groups as Bahrain in Turmoil
One Day in the Arab Spring 2012 April 15
One Day in the Arab Spring: Views From Around the Region With Arab Dictatorships in Chaos Across Region as Democracy Protesters Continue Campaigns
Violence in Bahrain as Democracy Protesters Take to Streets
Protest Youth Killed at Journalist’s Funeral by Police as Violence in Bahrain Tactics in Question
Obama Needs to Support the Invisible People of Bahrain
Can the Arab Spring Enter the Persian Gulf? Invisible people of Bahrain have been met with a weak American foreign policy not supportive of the rights of Arab people to govern themselves