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Middle East grasps for democracy despite ‘Arab Spring’ setbacks
Despite stalled Arab Spring, Muslim nations grasp for democracy (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View Roads in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad are decorated with posters of candidates taking part in the May 11 election. Candidates restricted their campaigns to corner meetings and social media due to ongoing…
‘Third Track’ rappers and hip-hop artists take ‘Arab Spring’ revolts to the next level
Sitting on the fringes of upheaval in the Middle East, Lebanon’s capital Beirut has become the scene of experimental music-making by Khat Thaleth, a group of rappers out to take the revolts that started during the Arab Spring to the next level. The collective has members from around the region…
New Iraqi Christian leader accuses Arab Spring of ‘promoting bloodshed’
The newly appointed patriarch of Iraq’s largest Christian community said on Saturday that the Arab Spring had been hijacked by narrow interests and had promoted tension and bloodshed. Asked about the impacts on Christians of the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings across the Middle East that eventually led to the ouster…
Human Rights Watch: Arab Spring must respect basic rights
The Arab Spring has given way to new governments that are failing to respect basic rights such as freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch warned as it published its annual report Thursday. The US-based group urged the young Islamist regimes of countries such as Egypt, Libya and Tunisia to build…
Human Rights Watch urges support for Arab democracies
Human Rights Watch urged world powers to support the rights of Arab Spring protesters to build real democracies after they ousted long-time strongmen once backed by the West, in its annual report on Sunday. “Many democracies have allowed their ties with repressive allies to temper their support for human rights…
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