Saudi students gather at an outdoor cafe at King Saud University in Riyadh, Oct. 30, 2002. (photo by REUTERS/Ali Jarekji) Saudi Arabia today faces something more challenging than a revolution — a sporadic and frustrated youth protest thus far expressed only in the virtual world. More than half a dozen men and women in recent weeks began to post […]
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Claim comes amid widespread anger at crackdown that has seen 16,000 arrested Egyptian students, supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, demonstrate outside Cairo University. Photograph: Mahmoud Khaled/AFP/Getty Images Two male political dissidents claim they were raped in Egyptian police custody in separate assaults that campaigners suspect are indicative
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By Thalif Deen April 11, 2014 “ICH” – “IPS” – – When Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas decided to defy the United States and Israel over stalled peace negotiations, he formally indicated to the United Nations last week that Palestine will join 15 international conventions relating mostly to the protection of human rights and treaties governing conflicts
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US President Barack Obama (2nd L) is escorted from Marine One to Air Force One while he departs Saudi Arabia to return to Washington, March 29, 2014. (photo by REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque) Nothing new came from US President Barack Obama’s visit to Riyadh on March 28, except a few additional photographs of the leaders of both
