Bahrain's sectarian opposition - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Sarah Bin Ashoor

Sarah Bin Ashoor

Apr 7, 2014

Anti-government protesters throw petrol bombs towards riot police during clashes in the village of Diraz, west of Manama January 29, 2014. Bahraini police clashed with stone-throwing protesters in the village west of the capital, days after the funeral of a young man who died in custody, witnesses said. Wednesday's protest following the death of 20-year-old Fadhel Abbas threatened to sour a new attempt to restart negotiations between Bahrain's government, led by the ruling al-Khalifa family, and opposition — Anti-government protesters throw petrol bombs towards riot police during clashes in the village of Diraz, west of Manama, Jan. 29, 2014. — REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed

Mourners and family of Jawad Al-Haawi shout anti-government slogans as they march during his funeral process in the village of Sitra south of Manama, March 18, 2014.
Authorities said that Al Haawi died from heart attack and investigation is still under process. Opposition says that he died from inhalation of tear-gas fired by riot-police in the village. Al Haawi died on Sunday. REUTERS/Stringer (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3HN4R

Bahrain government crackdown hinders dialogue

Ahmed Ali

Protesters hold banners with sign "No U Turn" meaning "No Returning Back" and hold Bahraini flags as they participates in a rally organised by Bahrain's main opposition society Al Wefaq, in Budaiya west of Manama, Bahrain, February 6, 2013. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3DETO

Bahraini Opposition Competes For Western Support

TOPSHOT - A Bahraini protester holds a placard depicting a portrait of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of the Shiite opposition movement al-Wefaq, during clashes with riot police following a protest against Salman's arrest in the village of Sitra, south of the capital Manama, on January 29, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images)

Bahrainis' shrinking political space

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero

Shi'ite Bahraini men sit on a wall with graffiti that reads ''People want self-determination", as they attend a rally held by the Wefaq opposition party, in the village of Boori, south of Manama, October 14, 2011, to mark the 8-month anniversary of the February 14 uprising. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed (BAHRAIN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) - RTR2SO9O

What Bahrain’s opposition crackdown means for country’s Brotherhood

Giorgio Cafiero

Giorgio Cafiero