Bahrain's economic reforms - once hailed as the most ambitious in the Gulf - seems to have stalled as hardliners in the Sunni ruling family who see Shi'ite protesters as a threat to the state bring the programme under their wing.
Hawks within the Al Khalifa family asserted themselves after a pro-democracy protest movement led by the majority Shi'ite population erupted last year following successful revolts in Egypt and Tunisia.
They swept aside a political dialogue with opposition parties offered by Crown Prince Salman, introducing a period of martial law, detaining thousands and staging military trials.
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