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Demonstrators spend the night at Puerta del Sol Square during a protest in Madrid, early Sunday, May 22, 2011. Thousands of Spaniards defied a ban on a pre-election demonstration and have mounted a protest camp in the heart of the Spanish capital to express anger at political parties and the country’s handling of the economic crisis. The crowd have packed the square since last Sunday and pledged to stay there until municipal and regional elections this weekend. [Photo: Emilio Morenatti / AP]
Weekend News Roundup: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Georgia, Morocco, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
Algeria:
Algeria to hold reform talks, boycotted by opposition | AFP
Bahrain:
Bahrain upholds death sentences for Shiite protesters | AFP
Bahrain’s top human rights activist targeted two days after Obama speech | McClatchy
Al-Wifaq has reportedly decided to return to its boycotting roots and will not contest in the make-up elections scheduled for September 2011 | Bahraini Politics
After destruction of the actual protesting site at “the Pearl”, the government shifts to eliminate virtual protests | Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Half a Doctrine Will Have to Do | NY Times
How Bahrain is oppressing its Shia majority | Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
Letters: Torture fears over Bahrain crackdown | Guardian
Obama and the Street Vendor of Manama | Iraq and Gulf Analysis
Egypt:
Death sentence for Egyptian policeman convicted of shooting dead 20 protesters | AJE
Egyptian Groups Call for Second Round of ‘Rage’ Protests on Lack of Change | Bloomberg
Egypt Is ‘Disintegrating’ as Tourism Drop Cripples Economy, ElBaradei Says | Bloomberg
Georgia:
Anti-president protests continue in Georgia; opposition calls for massive turnout Monday | AP
Georgia opposition calls for Day of Rage protest | Reuters
Morocco:
Many wounded as Moroccan police beat protestors | Reuters
Police chase Moroccans defying protests ban | Reuters
Spain:
Spanish PM Is Punished In Polls Over Economy | Sky News
Spain’s Governing Party Suffers Heavy Losses in Election | NY Times
Spain is voting in regional elections as thousands of young protesters remain camped out in squares across the country | BBC
Spanish vote overshadowed by protests | FT
Socialists ready to be slammed in Spanish vote | AP
Opinion: ’Yes we camp’ activists hit Spanish streets | AJE
Photo gallery: Madrid protests | El Paíz
Syria:
Shootings in Syria push death toll above 900 | AP
Activists raise death toll to 76 in three days of violence | LA Times
Syrians Are Fatally Shot at Funeral for Protesters | NY Times
The Syrian Revolution Lives | Syria Comment
Syria’s defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad | Guardian
The Syria Illusion: Bashar Assad is not going to become a democratic reformer | WSJ
Tunisia:
UN official says 300 killed during Tunisian uprising, torture still continues | Al Arabiya
High death toll challenges claims of smooth transition | LA Times
Tunisia considers postponing elections | Telegraph
Yemen:
Yemen’s Saleh refuses to sign exit deal | AJE
GCC to drop deal, withdraw from mediating Yemen’s power transfer if Saleh doesn’t sign | AP
Photos: 100 days of protests in Yemen | Iona Craig/GlobalPost
Envoys airlifted from Sanaa embassy | BBC
Diplomats trapped by Yemen loyalists, blocking deal | Reuters
Analysis: Yemen’s Saleh plays cat and mouse with Saudis and US | Al Arabiya](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lllyflsmpQ1qzr73ro1_1280.jpg "http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/5753040300/pantslessprogressive-demonstrators-spend-the")
Demonstrators spend the night at Puerta del Sol Square during a protest in Madrid, early Sunday, May 22, 2011. Thousands of Spaniards defied a ban on a pre-election demonstration and have mounted a protest camp in the heart of the Spanish capital to express anger at political parties and the country’s handling of the economic crisis. The crowd have packed the square since last Sunday and pledged to stay there until municipal and regional elections this weekend. [Photo: Emilio Morenatti / AP]
Weekend News Roundup: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Georgia, Morocco, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen
Algeria:
Algeria to hold reform talks, boycotted by opposition | AFP
Bahrain:
Bahrain upholds death sentences for Shiite protesters | AFP
Bahrain’s top human rights activist targeted two days after Obama speech | McClatchy
Half a Doctrine Will Have to Do | NY Times
How Bahrain is oppressing its Shia majority | Joshua Colangelo-Bryan
Letters: Torture fears over Bahrain crackdown | Guardian
Obama and the Street Vendor of Manama | Iraq and Gulf Analysis
Egypt:
Death sentence for Egyptian policeman convicted of shooting dead 20 protesters | AJE
Egyptian Groups Call for Second Round of ‘Rage’ Protests on Lack of Change | Bloomberg
Egypt Is ‘Disintegrating’ as Tourism Drop Cripples Economy, ElBaradei Says | Bloomberg
Georgia:
Anti-president protests continue in Georgia; opposition calls for massive turnout Monday | AP
Georgia opposition calls for Day of Rage protest | Reuters
Morocco:
Many wounded as Moroccan police beat protestors | Reuters
Police chase Moroccans defying protests ban | Reuters
Spain:
Spanish PM Is Punished In Polls Over Economy | Sky News
Spain’s Governing Party Suffers Heavy Losses in Election | NY Times
Spanish vote overshadowed by protests | FT
Socialists ready to be slammed in Spanish vote | AP
Opinion: ’Yes we camp’ activists hit Spanish streets | AJE
Photo gallery: Madrid protests | El Paíz
Syria:
Shootings in Syria push death toll above 900 | AP
Activists raise death toll to 76 in three days of violence | LA Times
Syrians Are Fatally Shot at Funeral for Protesters | NY Times
The Syrian Revolution Lives | Syria Comment
Syria’s defiant women risk all to protest against President Bashar al-Assad | Guardian
The Syria Illusion: Bashar Assad is not going to become a democratic reformer | WSJ
Tunisia:
UN official says 300 killed during Tunisian uprising, torture still continues | Al Arabiya
High death toll challenges claims of smooth transition | LA Times
Tunisia considers postponing elections | Telegraph
Yemen:
Yemen’s Saleh refuses to sign exit deal | AJE
GCC to drop deal, withdraw from mediating Yemen’s power transfer if Saleh doesn’t sign | AP
Photos: 100 days of protests in Yemen | Iona Craig/GlobalPost
Envoys airlifted from Sanaa embassy | BBC
Diplomats trapped by Yemen loyalists, blocking deal | Reuters
Analysis: Yemen’s Saleh plays cat and mouse with Saudis and US | Al Arabiya
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A Yemeni army officer, center, salutes as he is lifted along with other officers by anti-government protesters during a demonstration on Sunday, April 10, 2011. [Photo: AP/Muhammed Muhelsen]
Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen Weekend News Roundup
Algeria:
In Algeria, a chill in the Arab spring | Washington Post
HRW: Restore Civil Liberties - With State of Emergency Over, Amend Laws to Restore Rights | AllAfrica
Bahrain:
Two Shiite activists die in Bahraini custody | AFP
Nearly 800 people have been detained since protests began | Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Human rights leader missing, taken by Bahraini police | CNN
Bahrain human rights activist “arrested, beaten up” | Reuters
Bahrain prosecutor to question former editors of main opposition newspaper Al Wasat | AP
Students in Iran Demonstrate in Support of Bahrain’s Shiites | NY Times
Bahrain is the line in the sand | Boston Globe
Bahrain, Syria and Yemen ‘playing with fire’, says EU diplomat | EU Observer
Djibouti:
A Friendly Little Dictatorship in the Horn of Africa: Why the world doesn’t care about Djibouti’s autocracy | Foreign Policy
Ivory Coast:
UN, French attack Gbagbo heavy weapons, damage presidential palace | Reuters
Ouattara Forces Kill, Rape Civilians During Offensive | HRW
Ouattara pledges he’ll establish human rights body, says UN | Reuters
Ouattara’s lawyers want Gbagbo to face trial | Reuters
Mortars fired at Ouattara’s hotel in Abidjan | AJE
Killings keep west Ivorian cocoa farmers in hiding | Reuters
Ivory Coast’s Abidjan risks health disaster, says MSF | Reuters
Ivory Coast fighting sparks fresh influx of refugees in Liberia | CS Monitor
Analysis: Manufacturing Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘Good Guy’ | AllAfrica
AUDIO: A jewel before its decline | NPR
VIDEO: Ignoring Cote d’Iviore | AJE
Beware of internet misinformation: hoax footage of atrocities in Ivory Coast | France24 (h/t news-intercom)
Mapping the conflict in Ivory Coast | Maps With The News (h/t futurejournalismproject)
Saudi Arabia:
Saudi rights activist: Hundreds of Shiite demonstrators demand release of political prisoners | AP
Saudi unemployed graduates protest to demand jobs | Reuters
Top White House aide to visit Saudi Arabia, UAE | Reuters
Swaziland:
Swaziland bans protests | AFP
Pro-democracy campaign groups are calling for an ‘April 12 Uprising’ | AllAfrica (h/t ligao)
South Africa’s largest labour group plans to blockade a key border crossing with Swaziland next week to support planned protests | AFP
Syria:
Syrian rights group says funeral comes under fire in southern city on Saturday | AP
Four Killed on Sunday as Syria Cuts Off City | NY Times
Syria death toll rises as threats of force become more explicit | Guardian
Syrian activists distribute video of protests | The Lede
Iran blames Jordan, Saudi Arabia for Syria | UPI
Ban Ki-Moon voices concern after deadly clashes in southern city | UN News Centre
Tunisia:
Ben Ali’s brother arrested in Tunisia | AJE
Tough transition in Tunisia after “Arab spring” | AP
VIDEO: Tunisia tourism industry struggling | BBC
United Arab Emirates:
UAE detains another pro-democracy activist and an academic in widening crackdown on dissent | Washington Post
Yemen:
24 children killed in Yemen unrest: Unicef | Gulf News
Yemeni forces fire on protesters in 2 cities on Saturday seeking president’s ouster; several wounded | AP
Thousands march in Yemen over protesters’ deaths | Guardian
Gulf bloc calls on Yemeni ruler to transfer power to vice president | AP
Yemen resolution unlikely as president dismisses Gulf plan to end rule | Guardian
Yemen yanks diplomat over Qatar’s resignation talk | AP
WikiLeaks: Yemen tricked Saudis into nearly bombing president’s rival | Guardian
US embassy cables: Saudi defence minister explains targeting of Yemeni rebels with air strikes | Guardian
State cables show rising concern about al-Qaeda in Yemen | Washington Post
Hard-line Islamic enclave in Yemen illustrates militant risk if regime crumbles | AP
The Yemen President’s Pariah Family | The Daily Beast
Comment: Our revolution’s doing what Saleh can’t – uniting Yemen | Guardian
Comment: Western policymakers shouldn’t accept this Saleh spin | Guardian](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljgry0dvbx1qzr73ro1_r1_1280.jpg "http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/4514302889/pantslessprogressive-a-yemeni-army-officer")
A Yemeni army officer, center, salutes as he is lifted along with other officers by anti-government protesters during a demonstration on Sunday, April 10, 2011. [Photo: AP/Muhammed Muhelsen]
Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Ivory Coast, Saudi Arabia, Swaziland, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, Yemen Weekend News Roundup
Algeria:
In Algeria, a chill in the Arab spring | Washington Post
Bahrain:
Two Shiite activists die in Bahraini custody | AFP
Nearly 800 people have been detained since protests began | Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Human rights leader missing, taken by Bahraini police | CNN
Bahrain human rights activist “arrested, beaten up” | Reuters
Bahrain prosecutor to question former editors of main opposition newspaper Al Wasat | AP
Students in Iran Demonstrate in Support of Bahrain’s Shiites | NY Times
Bahrain is the line in the sand | Boston Globe
Bahrain, Syria and Yemen ‘playing with fire’, says EU diplomat | EU Observer
Djibouti:
Ivory Coast:
UN, French attack Gbagbo heavy weapons, damage presidential palace | Reuters
Ouattara Forces Kill, Rape Civilians During Offensive | HRW
Ouattara pledges he’ll establish human rights body, says UN | Reuters
Ouattara’s lawyers want Gbagbo to face trial | Reuters
Mortars fired at Ouattara’s hotel in Abidjan | AJE
Killings keep west Ivorian cocoa farmers in hiding | Reuters
Ivory Coast’s Abidjan risks health disaster, says MSF | Reuters
Ivory Coast fighting sparks fresh influx of refugees in Liberia | CS Monitor
Analysis: Manufacturing Côte d’Ivoire’s ‘Good Guy’ | AllAfrica
AUDIO: A jewel before its decline | NPR
VIDEO: Ignoring Cote d’Iviore | AJE
Beware of internet misinformation: hoax footage of atrocities in Ivory Coast | France24 (h/t news-intercom)
Mapping the conflict in Ivory Coast | Maps With The News (h/t futurejournalismproject)
Saudi Arabia:
Saudi rights activist: Hundreds of Shiite demonstrators demand release of political prisoners | AP
Saudi unemployed graduates protest to demand jobs | Reuters
Top White House aide to visit Saudi Arabia, UAE | Reuters
Swaziland:
Pro-democracy campaign groups are calling for an ‘April 12 Uprising’ | AllAfrica (h/t ligao)
Syria:
Syrian rights group says funeral comes under fire in southern city on Saturday | AP
Four Killed on Sunday as Syria Cuts Off City | NY Times
Syria death toll rises as threats of force become more explicit | Guardian
Syrian activists distribute video of protests | The Lede
Iran blames Jordan, Saudi Arabia for Syria | UPI
Ban Ki-Moon voices concern after deadly clashes in southern city | UN News Centre
Tunisia:
Ben Ali’s brother arrested in Tunisia | AJE
Tough transition in Tunisia after “Arab spring” | AP
VIDEO: Tunisia tourism industry struggling | BBC
United Arab Emirates:
Yemen:
24 children killed in Yemen unrest: Unicef | Gulf News
Thousands march in Yemen over protesters’ deaths | Guardian
Gulf bloc calls on Yemeni ruler to transfer power to vice president | AP
Yemen resolution unlikely as president dismisses Gulf plan to end rule | Guardian
Yemen yanks diplomat over Qatar’s resignation talk | AP
WikiLeaks: Yemen tricked Saudis into nearly bombing president’s rival | Guardian
State cables show rising concern about al-Qaeda in Yemen | Washington Post
Hard-line Islamic enclave in Yemen illustrates militant risk if regime crumbles | AP
The Yemen President’s Pariah Family | The Daily Beast
Comment: Our revolution’s doing what Saleh can’t – uniting Yemen | Guardian
Comment: Western policymakers shouldn’t accept this Saleh spin | Guardian
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
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A picture taken under the supervision of Syrian security shows a man walking past closed shops in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, hub for a week of anti-regime protests, on March 24, 2011. [Photo: Getty Images]
Syria, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen News Roundup: March 24.
Syria:
20,000 mourners march as Syria toll rises | ABC News Australia
Human rights groups say that more than 100 people may have been killed in Daraa | Guardian
Government pledges political reforms, including lifting emergency law and release of arrested protesters | BBC
Assad forms team to improve incomes after protests | Reuters
Syrian Human Rights League leader says authorities released several activists, writers and bloggers who were detained in different parts of Syria in an apparent response to events in Daraa. | AP
Kurds in Syria ‘waiting to take to the streets,’ academic says | CNN
Can reforms appease protesters? | BBC
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad faces most serious unrest of his tenure | Washington Post
The Assad regime faces a new Arab uprising | Slate
U.S. issues Travel Alert for Syria
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Violence in Syria | WhiteHouse.gov
Sen. Kirk (R-IL) and Sen. Kyl (R-AZ) urge Obama, Clinton and Ambassador Ford to publicly condemn Syria government’s violent crackdown | KTAR
Germany urges Syria to halt violence, launch talks | Reuters
France urges Syria to embrace dialogue, change | Reuters
Next on the List? | The Economist
Profile of Deraa and Hawran region | BBC
Algeria:
Algerian police clash with rioters in housing row | Reuters
In Algeria, Popular Protests Still Simmer Beneath Surface | VOA
Bahrain:
Protesters in Bahrain village stage a brief anti-government demonstration amid crackdown | AP
Bahraini activists plan Day of Rage on Friday | Reuters
Protests planned for Bahrain despite ban | LA Times
EU envoy defends Bahrain police amid unrest | BBC
Bahrain fends off charge of pressing crackdown | AFP
Bahrain unrest brings economy to standstill | Reuters
Bahrain’s Foreign Police Add to Tensions | WSJ (sub. req.)
Jordan:
Jordan students demand ‘regime’ reforms | AFP
Jordan reform talks slow amid ‘explosion’ warning | AFP
Yemen:
Yemen’s president says to transfer power peacefully | Reuters
Yemen’s president and top general ‘close to agreeing peace’ | Telegraph
Yemeni President Nears Deal to Resign | WSJ
Yemen president offers amnesty to defectors | AJE
Yemen’s Slide Toward Civil War | The Atlantic
Yemen shuts Al-Jazeera offices; journalists beaten | CPJ
Comment: Yemen and Syria pose a greater threat to us than Libya | Telegraph](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lil8evTvXh1qzr73ro1_r1_1280.jpg "http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/4074611890/pantslessprogressive-a-picture-taken-under-the")
A picture taken under the supervision of Syrian security shows a man walking past closed shops in the southern Syrian city of Daraa, hub for a week of anti-regime protests, on March 24, 2011. [Photo: Getty Images]
Syria, Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Yemen News Roundup: March 24.
Syria:
20,000 mourners march as Syria toll rises | ABC News Australia
Human rights groups say that more than 100 people may have been killed in Daraa | Guardian
Assad forms team to improve incomes after protests | Reuters
Kurds in Syria ‘waiting to take to the streets,’ academic says | CNN
Can reforms appease protesters? | BBC
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad faces most serious unrest of his tenure | Washington Post
The Assad regime faces a new Arab uprising | Slate
U.S. issues Travel Alert for Syria
Statement by the White House Press Secretary on Violence in Syria | WhiteHouse.gov
Germany urges Syria to halt violence, launch talks | Reuters
France urges Syria to embrace dialogue, change | Reuters
Next on the List? | The Economist
Profile of Deraa and Hawran region | BBC
Algeria:
Algerian police clash with rioters in housing row | Reuters
In Algeria, Popular Protests Still Simmer Beneath Surface | VOA
Bahrain:
Protesters in Bahrain village stage a brief anti-government demonstration amid crackdown | AP
Bahraini activists plan Day of Rage on Friday | Reuters
Protests planned for Bahrain despite ban | LA Times
EU envoy defends Bahrain police amid unrest | BBC
Bahrain fends off charge of pressing crackdown | AFP
Bahrain unrest brings economy to standstill | Reuters
Bahrain’s Foreign Police Add to Tensions | WSJ (sub. req.)
Jordan:
Jordan students demand ‘regime’ reforms | AFP
Jordan reform talks slow amid ‘explosion’ warning | AFP
Yemen:
Yemen’s president says to transfer power peacefully | Reuters
Yemen’s president and top general ‘close to agreeing peace’ | Telegraph
Yemeni President Nears Deal to Resign | WSJ
Yemen president offers amnesty to defectors | AJE
Yemen’s Slide Toward Civil War | The Atlantic
Yemen shuts Al-Jazeera offices; journalists beaten | CPJ
Comment: Yemen and Syria pose a greater threat to us than Libya | Telegraph
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
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Map of education, internet-connectivity and sociopolitical unrest in the #MidEast via @fouad_marei
(Source: neighborhoodr-cairo)
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Algeria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen Resource List [updated]
Categories will be updated as more resources become available. Message me if you have additional resources that can be added.
[Iran Resources: Iran Event Link Portal (via Soup); StandWithFreeIran; SeaofGreen]
[News roundups: Feb. 14; Feb. 15; Feb 16]
Live blogs:
- Live Blog - Bahrain | AJE
- Live Blog - Libya | AJE
- Live Blog - Libya | LibyaFeb17.com
- Middle East protests | Guardian
- EAWorldview Live Blog
- Latest updates on Middle East protests | The Lede
- Mapping Pro-Democracy Protests in Libya | Google Maps
- Blogs of War: Algeria, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen (realtime results from Twitter + AJE live stream)
- Interactive map: The Guardian’s Twitter network of Arab protests (h/t thepoliticalnotebook)
Google news feeds (h/t middlewaypublishing):
MSM coverage, updating daily:
- Al-Jazeera, Al-Jazeera English
- Reuters, Reuters Africa
- Guardian
- BBC News
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- France24
- Telegraph
- Daily Mail Online
- The Atlantic
- Salon
- The Week
Algeria News, updating daily:
Bahrain News, updating daily:
Libya News, updating daily (via thepoliticalnotebook):
- AllAfrica.com/Libya
- Ahlul Bayt News Agency
- Libya News and Views
- Asharq AlAwsat
- Tripoli Post
- National Conference of the Libyan Opposition
- EIN News: Libya
Other Libya Resources (via abudai):
- List of Libyan Solidarity Protests Abroad
- Libya Petitions: Send Help to Libya; Sanctions To Stop Libya Crackdown; BP, Pull Out Of Libya Now
Yemen News, updating daily:
Facebook:
- Algeria Revolution 2011
- We Want Revolution in Algeria
- 14th February 2011 Revolution Day in Bahrain
- Libyan Day of Rage
- A Virtual “March of Millions” in Solidarity with Libyan protestors
- 2011 Yemen Revolution
- Yemen.Revolution
Photos and videos, updating regularly:
- Videos: Algeria, Bahrain, Libya, Iran and Yemen | YouTube’s CitizenTube
- Photos: Bahrain | @maryamalkhawaja
- Photos: Bahrain | @tariqal
- Photos: Bahrain | @RedhaHaji (h/t akio)
- Videos: Libya | mukharalasad
- Videos: Libya | EnoughGaddafi
- Videos: Libya | SolidarityLibya
- Photos: Yemen | Taiz City - مدينة تعز on Facebook
- Photos: Algeria, Bahrain, Yemen | Guardian
- Photos: Bahrain, Yemen | NY Times
- Photos: Bahrain, Yemen | Washington Post
- Photos: Yemen | Reuters/ Yahoo
Algeria on Twitter:
- Algeria Twitter List
- Hashtags: #Algeria, #Algiers, #Algiere, #Bouteflika, #12Fev, #12Feb, #Feb12, #OpAlgeria
Bahrain on Twitter:
- Bahrain Twitter List
- Hashtags: #Bahrain, #Feb14, #14Feb, #Lulu, #Abdulemam
Libya on Twitter:
- Libya Twitter List (via @thomasmeadia, tweets solely from those inside Libya)
- Hashtags: #Libya, #Feb17, #OmarAlMukhtar, #MukhtarRevolution, #Gaddafi, #Qadafi
Yemen on Twitter:
History:
- Eye of Algeria: In Depth | AJE
- Timeline: Algeria | BBC
- Country Profile: Algeria | BBC
- A Synopsis of Algeria’s History | Algeria Channel
- Country Profile: Bahrain | BBC
- Timeline : Bahrain | BBC
- Country Profile: Libya | BBC
- Timeline : Libya | BBC
- Country Profile: Yemen | BBC
- Timeline: Yemen | BBC
- A brief history of Yemen | TIME
TOR Project (bypass censorship):
Internet, phone access:
- “If internet is slow/down call in reports, we will translate and distribute +16504194196 +442033184514” - @BaghdadBrian
- “Work arounds for Egyptian Gov Web shut off http://bit.ly/f4wxR3 Work for U too, ” tweeted” - @Geraldanthro
- To bypass government blocking of website names, use numerical IP addresses: for twitter: “128.242.240.212” or “128.242.240.52″; for facebook: “69.63.189.34”; for google: “72.14.204.99”. #Algeria users Dial-up on +16504194196 - +390662207294 Or use Speak To Tweet by calling +16504194196 - +390662207294 #Feb12 (h/t streamsofwikileaks)
- #Libya: to contact #Aljazeera use these numbers +12027752360 or +447797800600 #Feb17 (via arasmus)
- A list of ISP numbers and instructions for internet dial-up (h/t abudai)
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
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Algeria and Yemen Resource List [updated]
Below is a list of resources for up-to-date information on the protests in Algeria and Yemen. As universalidentity said best, “Keep your eyes on Egypt, but listen to the rumble in the surrounding countries.” Her post inspired me to compile a list of sites and resources available to keep us informed on the uprisings in these two countries. Thanks to the always wonderful NewsFlick for helping out with this list.
Categories will be updated as more resources become available. Message, reblog or email me if you have additional resources that can be added.
[Feb. 14 News Roundup for Algeria, Bahrain and Yemen]
NEW: Libyan Day of Rage Resource List via thepoliticalnotebook
NEW: Bahrain Twitter List
Live blogs:
- Eye on Algeria: Live Blog | AJE
- Unrest in the Middle East | Guardian
- Latest updates on Middle East protests | The Lede
- Blogsofwar.com/algeria (realtime results from Twitter + AJE live stream, all on one screen)
- EAWorldview Live Blog
- Interactive map: The Guardian’s Twitter network of Arab protests (h/t thepoliticalnotebook)
Google news feed (h/t middlewaypublishing):
Algeria News, updating regularly:
- http://www.echoroukonline.com/eng/
- http://algierspost.com/
- http://www.zawya.com/countries/dz/default.cfm?cc
- Algeria News | Telegraph
- Algeria News | Guardian
- Algeria News | Reuters Africa
- Algeria News | France24
- Algeria News | Daily Mail Online
Yemen News, updating regularly:
- http://www.newsyemen.net/en/ennewsyemen.asp
- http://www.yemenportal.net/english/
- http://www.yemenpost.net/
- http://armiesofliberation.com/
- Yemen News | Daily Mail Online
Facebook:
- Algeria Revolution 2011 page
- We Want Revolution in Algeria page
- Photos: Algeria | Mahmoud.B Facebook
- 2011 Yemen Revolution page
- Yemen.Revolution page
Photos and videos:
Algeria on Twitter:
Accounts: @AlgerianKhalota, @EyesOnAlgeria, @Elicoopter_mid, @Naddah, @Algerian_Dude, @yasgard, @Taharhani, @dna_algerie, @ayatghanem, @AlgeriaEnglish, @AlgeriaTimes, @marmite_news, @ASLANmedia, @shaistaAziz, @jallen300, @fbess, @REVOLDZ, @ArabRevolution
Yemen on Twitter:
Accounts: @JamjoomCNN, @tomfinn__, @ionacraig, @JebBoone, @JNovak_Yemen, @Abou_3ali, @YemenPeaceNews, @Yemen_Forum, @yemenwatch, @al3ini, @wsaqaf, @AhlamS, @HarunAlAmriki, @yemen4change, @ArabsUnite, @Alaalsam, @YemenEnglish, @WomanfromYemen, @yemen, @YafaKlan, @FreedomNow2011, @yemenwatch.
Hashtags to follow:
- #Algeria
- #Algiers
- #Algiere
- #Bouteflika
- #12Fev
- #12Feb
- #Feb12
- #OpAlgeria
- #Yemen
- #yf
- #Libya
- #Feb17
- #OmarAlMukhtar
- #MukhtarRevolution
History:
- Eye of Algeria: In Depth | AJE
- Timeline: Algeria | BBC
- Country Profile: Algeria | BBC
- A Synopsis of Algeria’s History | Algeria Channel
- Timeline: Yemen | BBC
- Country Profile: Yemen | BBC
- A brief history of Yemen | TIME
Internet access information (h/t streamsofwikileaks):
To bypass government blocking of website names, use numerical IP addresses:
for twitter: “128.242.240.212” or “128.242.240.52″; for facebook: “69.63.189.34”; for google: “72.14.204.99”.
#Algeria users Dial-up on +16504194196 - +390662207294 Or use Speak To Tweet by calling +16504194196 - +390662207294 #Feb12
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
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The world is changing, you have a young vibrant generation in the Middle East that is looking for opportunities. You’ve got to get out ahead of change. The more these governments allow for opportunities for mobility, the more stability they will see. You can’t maintain power through coercion. At some level, in any society, there has to be consent.
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Mubarak's gone: Who's next?
The wave of popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East has already swept Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak and Tunisia’s Zine el Abidine Ben Ali from power. Now, everyone from Western leaders to Arab protesters to nervous autocrats across the Muslim world are wondering: Who’s next? Some possibilities:
- BAHRAIN: King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa
Protesters held an Egypt-style “day of rage” on Monday, and the “deep grievances” of the country’s poorer Shia Muslim minority make Bahrain “the most susceptible” of the Gulf states to popular revolt, says regional analyst Theodore Karasik, as quoted by Bloomberg Businessweek. King Hamad, part of the Sunni elite, tried to “bribe” each family in the country with thousands of dollars, but that may not be enough to pacify the protesters, says Ditz in Antiwar.com. Bahrain is “the biggest wild-card” in the region.
- IRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mubarak’s fall has reinvigorated the passions that fueled the 2009 “Green Revolution,” which went largely underground after harsh government crackdowns. Thousands defied government warnings Monday and took to the streets in Tehran and other big cities, ostensibly in solidarity with Egyptians, but also shouting “death to the dictator.” The chance a full-scale uprising is “moderate,” says Mahanta in Mother Jones, but the odds of another crackdown are “tragically high.”
- PALESTINE: President Mahmoud Abbas
The day after Mubarak fell, Abbas and the ruling Fatah party scheduled long-overdue national elections for September, and on Monday the entire cabinet resigned. This shows that Abbas is “freaking out,” says Khaled Abu Toameh in The Jersusalm Post. “In the eyes of many Palestinians, Abbas is not much different from Hosni Mubarak,” and these acts of “desperation” are an attempt to keep Egypt’s “anti-government wave” from washing him out of power.
Also, Algeria and Yemen. Read more here.
- BAHRAIN: King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa
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Algeria and Yemen Resource List
Below is a list of resources for up-to-date information on the protests in Algeria and Yemen. As universalidentity said best, “Keep your eyes on Egypt, but listen to the rumble in the surrounding countries.” Her post inspired me to compile a list of sites and resources available to keep us informed on the uprisings in these two countries. Thanks to the always wonderful NewsFlick for helping out with this list.
Categories will be updated as more resources become available. Message, reblog or email me if you have additional resources that can be added.
Live blogs:
- Eye on Algeria: Live Blog | AJE
- Blogsofwar.com/algeria (realtime results from Twitter + AJE live stream, all on one screen)
- EAWorldview Live Blog
- Interactive map: The Guardian’s Twitter network of Arab protests (h/t thepoliticalnotebook)
Google news feed (h/t middlewaypublishing):
Algeria News, updating regularly:
- http://www.echoroukonline.com/eng/
- http://algierspost.com/
- http://www.zawya.com/countries/dz/default.cfm?cc
- Algeria News | Telegraph
- Algeria News | Guardian
- Algeria News | Reuters Africa
- Algeria News | France24
- Algeria News | Daily Mail Online
Yemen News, updating regularly:
- http://www.newsyemen.net/en/ennewsyemen.asp
- http://www.yemenportal.net/english/
- http://www.yemenpost.net/
- http://armiesofliberation.com/
- Yemen News | Daily Mail Online
Facebook:
- Algeria Revolution 2011 page
- We Want Revolution in Algeria page
- Photos: Algeria | Mahmoud.B Facebook
- 2011 Yemen Revolution Facebook page
Photos and videos:
Algeria on Twitter:
Accounts: @AlgerianKhalota, @EyesOnAlgeria, @Elicoopter_mid, @Naddah, @Algerian_Dude, @yasgard, @Taharhani, @dna_algerie, @ayatghanem, @AlgeriaEnglish, @AlgeriaTimes, @marmite_news, @ASLANmedia.
Yemen on Twitter:
Accounts: @JamjoomCNN, @tomfinn__, @ionacraig, @JebBoone, @JNovak_Yemen, @Abou_3ali, @YemenPeaceNews, @Yemen_Forum, @yemenwatch, @al3ini, @wsaqaf, @AhlamS, @HarunAlAmriki, @yemen4change, @ArabsUnite, @Alaalsam, @YemenEnglish, @WomanfromYemen, @yemen, @FreedomNow2011, @yemenwatch.
Hashtags to follow:
History:
- Eye of Algeria: In Depth | AJE
- Timeline: Algeria | BBC
- Country Profile: Algeria | BBC
- A Synopsis of Algeria’s History | Algeria Channel
- Timeline: Yemen | BBC
- Country Profile: Yemen | BBC
- A brief history of Yemen | TIME
Internet access information (h/t streamsofwikileaks):
To bypass government blocking of website names, use numerical IP addresses:
for twitter “ 128.242.240.212” or “128.242.240.52″; for facebook “69.63.189.34”; for google “72.14.204.99”
#Algeria users Dial-up on +16504194196 - +390662207294 Or use Speak To Tweet by calling +16504194196 - +390662207294 #Feb12
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
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