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Protests Escalate in Lebanon for Second Straight Week
Photo Credit: EPA Marching under banners of “#YouStink,” tens of thousands of protesters reportedly converged on Martyr’s Square in Beirut again this weekend to protest the garbage crisis in Lebanon....
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Highlights of President Obama’s Speech at the United Nations
Photo Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty The annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, now in its 70th session, began early Monday morning. President Barack Obama addressed world leaders...
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Turkish Court Releases Two Journalists Pending Trial; Free Expression Takes...
Photo Credit: Kayhan Ozer/AP Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, who were arrested in November 2015 on charges of spying after insinuating that Turkey sent weapons to Islamist rebels in...
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Yemen: Houthis, Saudis Reportedly Begin Backdoor Peace Talks
Photo Credit: Middle East Eye It has been reported by Reuters that a delegation from Yemen’s Houthi movement is currently in Saudi Arabia to engage in peace talks with Saudi officials regarding an end...
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Morocco: Journalists Stand Trial for Use of Smartphone App
Photo Credit: Reuters In Morocco, seven journalists are standing trial in connection with their involvement with a citizen journalism training program utilizing a smartphone app. They are accused of...
View ArticleEgypt Under President Sisi: Even Worse than Under Mubarak or Morsi
June 2016 Prison Conditions: Egypt has arrested more than 40,000 political detainees since mid-2013. Former Egyptian American political prisoner Mohamed Soltan has described prisons as “fertile ground...
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Dissidents Facing Crackdown from Algerian Government
Two Algerian executives at KBC TV have been placed in court ordered pre-trial detention after being accused of making “false declarations” to obtain filming permits for a program. A culture minister...
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Bahrain Dissolves Al-Wefaq Opposition Group
Reuters On Monday, a court in Bahrain dissolved the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, the island-nation’s largest opposition group. Al-Wefaq will be shuttered and its funds will be claimed by the...
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Yemen Talks Extended After Near Collapse
Tensions between the two delegations in the long-running and unfruitful UN-sponsored Yemeni peace talks have escalated rapidly, resulting in a series of ultimatums and a near collapse of the...
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Austerity Measures Spark Algeria Protests
Photo Credit: YouTube/KabylieTimes A shopkeepers’ strike in Algeria’s eastern coastal wilaya of Béjaïa devolved into violent protests on January 3. An anonymous call for a general strike circulated...
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