A quick glance at headlines from different news sources regarding recent stories on the country of Bahrain shows a country in strife. One BBC story whose headline read, “Second day of protests rocks Bahrain” ran a lead photo that depicted cars burning in the street and people running around in chaos.
The New York Times ran a less dramatic photo on a page dedicated to following news stories in the problems in Barain. Their depictions appeared to be written in a more hopeful tone than those of the BBC, but were still charged with uncertainty and protests break out. Their most recent article was a March, 27th article about Bahraini activists who were jailed due to a hunger strikes. The headline read, “Jailed Bahraini Activists on Hunger Strike.” An arrested activist and his daughter started these hunger strikes in protest of being denied family visits.
Another daughter of the activist, Maryam al-Khawaja, also leveled a charge against the United States and Britain for their support of the Bahraini government.
Other headlines on the New York Times deal with more dramatic aspects of the conflict, like the March, 12th 2013 article in which “2 Officers Are Sentences for Torturing a Protester to Death.”
This shows two things, both government overstepping in police being allowed to do this, and also them taken actions for injustices perpetuated by government agents. A glance at the headlines does not inspire hope for the country, but does a good job of painting the dire situation for what it is, without doing a thorough job of setting up the context of why this issues are happening.
Works Cited
Bahrain: 2 Officers Are Sentenced for Torturing a Protester to Death." New York Times. N.p., 12 Mar. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.
Law, Bill. "Second Day of Protests Rocks Bahrain." BBC News. BBC, 15 Feb. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.
"Two Jailed Bahraini Activists Refusing Fluids In Hunger Strike: Rights Group."Wopular. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Mar. 2013.
