Global Issues
News headlines for “Middle East and North Africa Unrest”, page 66
Doubts Shadow Egyptian Election
- Inter Press Service
Egypt's interim government has begun accepting candidacy applications for parliamentary polls slated to begin Nov. 21. But as the country prepares for its first post-Mubarak elections, a number of political parties say they are considering boycotting the contest.
Rights Groups Praise U.S. Hold on Bahrain Arms Sale
- Inter Press Service
A State Department announcement that it will delay the shipment of 53 million dollars in new arms to Bahrain pending the results of an international commission investigating alleged abuses by the kingdom's security forces earlier this year has evoked mixed reactions from human rights groups here.
Syrian National Council Seeks Legitimacy At Home and Abroad
- Inter Press Service
As the death toll from more than six months of popular unrest climbs past the 3,000 mark, the opposition to the government of President Bashar al-Assad is intensifying efforts to present a unified face to both the outside world and the Syrian people.
Young Gather to Show Their Power
- Inter Press Service
With young people spearheading the revolutionary movements in the Middle East and other regions, the seventh Youth Forum taking place here this week has particular relevance, participants say.
TUNISIA: Islamists Rise Uncertainly After Repression
- Inter Press Service
Aggressively repressed and forced underground by the recently deposed dictator Zine Abadine Ben Ali, the Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda is poised to become the dominant force in Tunisian politics.
TURKEY: In Border Province, Syrian Refugees Live in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
Four months ago, international media was replete with reports of Syrian civilians fleeing Bashar al-Assad's regime into southern Turkey. Today, media both in and outside of Turkey appear to have forgotten the plight of these refugees.
Libya's Governing Council Accused of Detainee Abuse
- Inter Press Service
Libya's governing National Transitional Council (NTC) is holding about 2,500 detainees in the capital Tripoli alone, many of whom have been beaten and subjected to other ill-treatment and not given access to lawyers or judicial proceedings, says London-based human-rights watchdog Amnesty International.
EGYPT: 'Invisible Hand’ Playing With Sectarian Fire
- Inter Press Service
Violent clashes in Cairo that left at least 25 Egyptians dead and over 300 injured on Sunday have deepened suspicions that unseen forces are manipulating the country's sectarian divisions for political gain.
TUNISIA: Social Media Lifts the Silence
- Inter Press Service
After 23 years of enforced silence, media professionals and artists in Tunisia are enjoying a period in which their freedom of expression is being respected for the first time.
U.S. Arms Bahrain While Decrying Russian Weapons in Syria
- Inter Press Service
Peeved at Russia's Security Council veto derailing a Western- sponsored resolution against Syria last week, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice implicitly accused the Russians of protecting the beleaguered government of President Bashar al-Assad primarily to safeguard their lucrative arms market in the Middle Eastern country.
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