The lady in the red dress
“It shows one peaceful protester, dressed as if for a summer garden party, standing up for basic human and green values against an arrogant and mighty state.”
Patrick deHahn
Reporter studying in New York. I cover international news around the clock, anything from politics, foreign policy, war and conflict, protest, human rights to breaking news. I drink lots of coffee.
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2013-06-11
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2013-05-20
"Self-immolation loses its power as means of protest"
Tibet’s opposition has continued on and has not quit in their fight for freedom. However, writer Adam Lam writes, “self-immolation isn’t what it used to be.” And also says, “A profound act of public death cannot hope to sway a world in which horror itself has lost its power.” Give it a read.
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2013-04-15
Everyone needs to read this.
An op-ed from a hunger striker Guantánamo Bay, sharing details on his case and his force feedings, citing that “the situation is desperate now.”
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Investigators found that armed military intelligence officers with cameras booked rooms in a major hotel adjacent to the square on 25 January, the first day of protests, and observed and recorded subsequent events
— Guardian exclusive on Egypt’s governmental investigation of actions by the nation’s army during the 2011 revolution
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2013-03-04
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2013-02-05
In Libya: “The people demand the fall of the (new) regime.”
Sound familiar? Egypt? At this rate, every nation in the Arab Spring will have experienced a second revolution. Tunisia has had one, Egypt is undergoing on and Libya is threatening it.
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2013-02-01
Warning: Video of Cairo police beating a protester by the Presidential Palace. The person on the ground can visibly be seen stripped and beaten by multiple people. Another man in the vehicle can be seen shooting (tear gas? birdshot?) into the crowds
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Photos: Four nights in Cairo
The ongoing revolution, only this year is 2013
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Two years on, Benghazi threatens "another revolution" in Libya
Something to watch.
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia, they even had unemployment protests and clashes just this past fall. Another example is Egypt with their ongoing revolution that seems to never end. Libya is another state that has had the Arab Spring present - and here is their possible comeback.
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Video of fire at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt during anti-Morsi protests occurring today throughout the nation.
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Following Egypt today
Live updates: A week after the second #jan25 anniversary and days of clashes, political unrest has brought the nation to protest against President Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood government.
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On the radar: Anti-government protests by Sunnis in Iraq
Thousands took to the streets to say ‘no’ to Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, displaying what growing sectarian differences the country has between the Sunnis minority and Shi’ite majority.
Also: Al Qaeda has advised that protesters take up guns.
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2013-01-27
