The Free Speech Blog: Official blog of Index on Censorship » Blocking mobile ... - 0 views
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A year ago, BART might have gotten away with the move with less public outcry. But in the wake of the Arab Spring, any police action in the West that conjures up images of censorship in the Middle East will inevitably alarm Americans. Along with reaction to the riots in the UK, the BART incident has awoken many people to the reality that technology creates complex new means of censorship anywhere in the world.
Egypt's Unfinished Revolution | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views
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Abbas, from a working class family loyal to the Muslim Brotherhood, now has friends who are Marxists, Christians, Nasserists, Salafists, liberals and Socialists. Some are rich kids from the posh enclave of Zamalek, a small island just across the Nile. Others are from the sprawling districts like Shoubra and Imbaba that envelop the capital. Back in January and February, these relationships were part of what Heba Morayef of Human Rights Watch called the "Tahrir moment:" a collective revelry over the gentle belief that a diverse movement had toppled a dictator and was ushering in a new Egypt
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Despite the unified cries for justice, the protest movement has largely splintered along lines of political parties and factions. All are competing for a spot in elections scheduled for November -- and to shape events in Egypt after Mubarak. The country of 82 million is still far short of the goals of its first free and fair elections, the writing of a new constitution and the reform of the police force.
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Maher bristles at the notion that what happened in Egypt was the first "Facebook revolution."
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How Revolution Turned Sour in the Birthplace of the Arab Spring | Common Dreams - 1 views
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a Western instinct to personalize and, in the process, trivialize the Tunisian revolution – only to ignore it as the focus moved on to later rebellions in countries deemed more important
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"Now they are offering all kinds of help to Libya, which is already a rich country. Here, we get nothing. The economic situation just gets worse, and we wonder why we risked so much in rising up against Ben Ali and his gangsters."
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They are angry because things are not improving fast
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Tunisia's Interim Leader Essebsi Defends Gradualist Path - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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it is more difficult to protect freedom from the proponents of freedom themselves than from the enemies
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promises to be the first free and fair election of the Arab Spring
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Through it all, many observers say, Tunisia appears to have stayed on track — especially in comparison with the muddle after the season’s second Arab revolution, in Egypt, where the interim military government is still ironing out a complicated multistage plan that could delay full civilian control until 2014
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A Lampedusa, des heurts éclatent entre la police et des immigrés tunisiens - ... - 0 views
Egypt: Christians And Police Clash In Cairo For Second Day - 0 views
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Sunday's violence will likely prompt the military to further tighten its grip on power.
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"The army incites sedition to remain in power," said Mariam Ayoub, a relative of a slain Christian protester, Michael Mosaad, as she stood outside the Coptic hospital. "They tell all of us that this is what happens without emergency laws."
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State TV, which has been growing increasingly loyal to the military, appealed on "honorable" Egyptians to protect the army against attacks as news spread of clashes between the Christian protesters and the troops outside the TV building. Soon afterward, bands of young men armed with sticks, rocks, swords and firebombs began to roam central Cairo, attacking Christians. Troops and riot police did not intervene to stop the attacks on Christians.
La Tunisie renoue avec la répression policière - L'événement - El Watan - 0 views
Italy is failing north Africa's refugees | Simon Mcmahon | Comment is free | guardian.c... - 0 views
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