The Saudi Shia news service Al-Rasid released its second annual human rights report in late April. The document is a survey of discriminatory practices against the kingdom's Shia minority. Noting a palpable stall in government reform efforts, the (...)
Shiite and Sunni Islamist candidates dominated Bahrain's late November parliamentary elections--winning a combined total of 29 out of 40 seats--leading some observers to warn of a polarized Parliament where civility and legislative action would fall (...)
