Category: Bahrain
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New Book: Political Repression in Bahrain
I am delighted to announce the publication of my book, Political Repression in Bahrain, published by Cambridge University Press. The book represents the culmination of over 6 years of research that began in 2011. You can purchase the book from Cambridge University Press, Amazon, Waterstones, Foyles and many other outlets. It is available in paperback,…
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From Hair Removal Products to Sectarianism: Propaganda Wars on the Al Awamiyya Hashtag
Some people have reported that Twitter hashtags relating to a siege on a Saudi town have been heavily contaminated by bots or PR accounts. The siege has been heavily politicised in the news, with different news sources reporting different things depending on their religious bias or sympathy towards Iran or Saudi. The Saudi Gazette, for example,…
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Experimenting in Mapping Online Anti-Shia Sectarianism on Twitter in the Middle East
Wouldn’t it be interesting to see if sectarianism itself was more dominant in one place than an other, at least online? Are some countries/cities more sectarian than others? Is sectarianism a localised phenomenon, despite what we might see in the news? If we knew this, we could then highlight where to prioritize tackling it. Methods In…
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Political History of #Bahrain
For those interested, I have written a 10,000 word political history of Bahrain covering the 20th and 21st century. It was for Routledge/Europe annual MENA reference. You can read the pre-proofed version here on Research Gate.
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MOI’s Killing of Three Bahrainis Leaves Lots of Unanswered Questions
Today saw the shooting and killing of three Bahrainis on a boat. They were alleged by the Ministry of the Interior to be escaping to Iran. The three killed were part of a group of ten people who had reportedly escaped from Jaw prison in January 2017. The Ministry of the Interior wrote a lengthy account…
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A triple execution in Bahrain has provoked national outrage – and international silence
Marc Jones, University of Exeter In the middle of the night, on January 15 2017, three citizens of Bahrain were executed by firing squad. Abbas al-Samea, 27, Ali al-Singace, 21, and Sami Mushaima 42, had all been found guilty of planting a bomb which killed three policemen – but their convictions were widely seen as…
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Policeman Dies in Karbabad Incident; Circumstances Unclear
Bahrain’s Ministry of the Interior reported today that one policeman was killed and two others injured in a Molotov Cocktail attack on a police keep in the village of Karbabad. International media such as Associated Press have already reported the MOI’s version of events. However, there are other reports stating that the police keep crashed…
Marc Owen Jones 