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High Tech #Activism: New Technologies in the Fight For Human Rights
Yes, I’m worried about tomorrow. Which is exactly why I am going – we cannot, will not let them scare us. #jan25 This statement, posted on January 24, 2011, and…
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Egyptian Revolution Sidelining Women?
Despite decades of discrimination and inequality, women are being denied a role in the creation of a new Egypt. They are being excluded by both the caretaker government and the…
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Iraqi Government Sends Mixed Signals as Protests Continue
On Friday Iraqis will take to the streets again in mourning over the 29 peaceful demonstrators who were killed last week in Baghdad’s Day of Rage. Among the protesters killed…
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Escalating Political Violence in Zimbabwe
[caption id="attachment_18156" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Zimbabwe Riot Police In City Centre Intersection"][/caption] [UPDATE: Four WOZA activists, three women and one man, were arrested today at the home of a WOZA member.…
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Egypt: New Regime, Some Old Abuses
Nearly a month after Egyptian demonstrators first took to the streets to demand political change, we’re only now finding out about some of the actions taken by the government to…
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We Stand For Justice In Libya
My Twitter feed was a string of indictments on Monday. Libyans were telling the world that they are being massacred. On my screen were the names of Libyans’ killed friends,…
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The New Face of Egypt
Describing in words the atmosphere in Tahrir Square on the evening of Hosni Mubarak’s resignation after 30 years in power would never do it justice. It was a bit like…
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Is Yemen Next?
The world media is consumed by the events in Egypt and there is little coverage of the protests in Yemen. Inspired by the uprising in Egypt and the stepping down…
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Azerbaijan Doesn't Like Your Facebook Status
The three-week grassroots protest in Egypt that brought down thirty years of autocracy in the land of the pyramids has authoritarian Azerbaijan, among others, worried.
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Obama and Egypt: The Window for Action Remains Open
Human rights activists and the Egyptian protesters have been disappointed in President Obama's wavering message and policy. Obama still has one more chance to do what’s right for Egypt and…