A day after martial law was declared in the kingdom, Bahraini security forces have carried out a crackdown on protesters camped out at Pearl Square...
CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Egypt’s Own WikiLeaks
The historic collapse of the once feared Egyptian police state has spawned a Wikileaks-style flood of secret information into the public sphere....
Yemen: Protesters killed in clashes with security forces
Security forces reportedly used tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital...
Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Libya
Ali Hassan Al Jaber, an Al Jazeera cameraman, was killed in Libya on 12 March after being shot by unknown attackers, in an ambush by forces loyal to...
Libya: BBC news team beaten up by Gaddafi’s forces
A BBC news team trying to reach the town of Zawiya were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-Gaddafi forces. The team of three...
Yemen: Anti-government protester killed by security forces
Security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters trying to join a camp at the University of Sana'a, killing one and injuring 100. The...
Yemen: Journalists at risk as protests spread
The government may claim that media workers are protected, but the reality on Yemen’s streets is very different, says Iona Craig
Human rights activist detained in Qatar
Blogger and human rights activist, Sultan al-Khalaifi, has been detained by security forces after criticising the country's censorship rules on his...
A tradition of female campaigning
A sense of a time that slipped between our fingers, or a consciousness, of a strength retained and a power that it is still within our grasp…one...
Standing with banned musicians on Music Freedom Day
What would you do if the music you wanted to make were forbidden ? What if someone in power didn't want it heard? Would you be silent? Or would you...