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Bekaa Valley ablaze with protests
Towards the end of July resistance grew violent as farmers took up arms to fight a government decision to crack down on cannabis farming
US praises Bahrain for report, as clampdowns continue
Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report: the country is more stable, despite ‘nightly’ confrontations with police
Two killed including one soldier in Eastern Saudi Arabia
Eleven people have already been killed in violence in Qatif since November
Bahrain violations being reviewed by US Congress committee
Amid US Congress hearings on Bahrain, protesters face more violence despite an order from the Bahrain crown prince to security forces to use restraint
UN deadline in Sudan set to end without progress
As the United Nations’ deadline for peace talks between Sudan and South Sudan looms ever nearer, Sudan has been plagued by the largest anti-government demonstration the country has seen since austerity measures were implemented in June. The protest raged on Tuesday as over 1,000 people, mostly students, took to the streets in Darfur in …
Bahraini Crown Prince orders police to use restraint with protesters
The move came after Bahraini authorities banned public demonstrations by Bahraini political association
Fights erupt at Cabinet Building protest trial
Fights erupted on Sunday after a court postponed the trial of the 269 protesters who took part in the protests near the Cabinet building in December
Morocco protests turn violent
Protests in Morocco on Sunday were met with violence by police.
Moroccan police rain batons down on protesters
Protesters took aim at the wealthy clique of Moroccans known as the Makhzen, the governing elite centered around monarch King Mohammed VI
April 6 co-founder Ahmed Maher denounces 23 July celebrations
The co-founder of the April 6 movement finds little support for his rebuke the 1952 revolution.
Hundreds of police face off with only a few dozen April 6th protesters
25 activists released on Friday, still face charges
Egyptians attempt to raise Free Syrian Army flag over embassy
More protests are planned to take place at the Russian Embassy today
Oman crackdowns on freedom of speech
latest arrests for criticising the Sultan highlight government unease with dissent
Administrative Judiciary Court set to reconvene amid disorder
The judge will hear the case calling for the revocation of the SCAF supplementary decree
Cleopatra Ceramics employees fired upon during protest
Employees attempted to storm Suez government buildings
Russia and Saudi Arabia trade barbs on human rights
The tersely worded statements may hint at secret negotiations on Syria
Al-Bashir threatens ‘burning hot summer’ for Sudanese protesters
Students protesting inflation and rising food prices, are also calling for an end to President Omar Al-Bashir’s 23-year reign
Omani activists sentenced to prison
Similar to the ongoing crackdown on human rights activists in the region, Omani human rights activists are being persecuted
Sinai Bedouins hold protest
Calls for Bedouins’ rights and improving state-security officials’ treatment of Bedouins have been a focus of rights groups
No to Military Trials pressure on Morsy
No Military Trials movement called on the president to free all of those facing “unjust” trials at the hands of the SCAF
Recorded events signal a rise in protests
The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social rights reported protest movements rose dramatically during the second half of June. A contentious presidential election seemed to account for the rise. The Egyptian Centre for Economic and Social Rights recorded only 38 protests during the first half of the month, but 119 protests ended the month. Reasons …
Protest wave hits Sudan
Security forces met the demonstrations with a violent crackdown that included the use of tear gas and batons as well as several arrests
Bahraini police on trial
Three Bahraini policemen face possible death penalty for killing protesters
Protests in Sudan threaten to topple Al-Bashir
The recent austerity measures taken by the government have included raising taxes and deep cuts to services like public health care.
Protests in Israel
Israel’s social justice movement attempts to bring back last summer’s tent cities
Anti-regime protests spill over to Sudan
Calls for a mass protest are being made on Facebook for June 30
and it seems that these protests are only intensifying the face of state repression
A Tale Of Two Cairos
Recent reports have thinned the gap of votes between the two candidates to less than a million, with the Muslim Brotherhood putting their candidate in the lead and Ahmed Shafiq slinging accusations of wrongdoing against his opponent
Anti-regime protests spill over to Sudan
Over the past week police have been firing tear gas, beating protestors with batons, as well as conducting mass arrests of activists.
Part-time revolution
Egyptians have managed to bring down a deeply-ingrained autocratic regime and set up what is proving to be a relatively close democratic presidential election, all in the hours people normally watch television before going to bed. Workers by day, fighters of injustice by night; the protesters are truly the collective Batman of the revolutionary world.
Thousands gather to support Morsi, denounce SCAF
Parliament march turned away by security forces and returns to familiar haunt in Tahrir Square