Baku-APA. Bahrain's efforts to build national reconciliation after it crushed street protests in 2011 have stalled, and the U.S. Gulf ally has not implemented recommendations that it protect freedom of expression, including nonviolent dissent, according to a State Department report obtained by Reuters, APA reports quoting reuters.
The report, which was delivered to the U.S. Congress this week, says that Bahrain has made progress toward implementing reforms recommended by an independent commission, but "more work remains to be done."