Articles tagged with: revolutioins
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Wednesday, 25 Apr, 2012
A big divide has emerged between liberal-minded groups and religious-based activists after Islamist parties gained parliamentary majorities in the polls in Tunisia, Egypt, and Morocco, a divide that risks undermining the transition from authoritarianism to pluralism. Wary of the Islamists’ surge, liberals, leftists, and women’s rights groups argue that while Islamist leaders sound moderate, they harbor a conservative religious agenda—an agenda that might roll back human rights and indi...
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Wednesday, 16 Feb, 2011
The first days of this week have witnessed anti-regime protests throughout Iran, among other Middle Eastern countries. Because of complete government censorship, news from the streets of Iranian cities has remained scattered, even though leaks on social media have reported that the number of protesters have swelled to the tens of thousands, and that the regime’s forces have killed at least two demonstrators, injured dozens others and arrested a few hundreds.
Iran’s new revolution,...
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