You are in the 183rd Witness Revolution diary, bearing witness to pro-democracy movements in North Africa, the Middle East and beyond. We aim here to simply report, from as many reliable worldwide resources as possible, on the successes, challenges or failures as brave people strive against oppression for representative democracy with civil and human rights. One small bit of assurance that they do not strive in obscurity.
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
YEMEN
video of first dead today (Apr 30) in Mallah, Aden, Yemen by www.sadaden.com
(ht UnaSpenser 05/03) -
May 2nd in Sana'a, Hawkers March
(ht UnaSpenser 05/03) - still they poured into the streets on May 2, May 2nd in Ibb
SYRIA
(ht UnaSpenser 05/02) - Smart salute from young journalist Dana Al-Jawabra,imprisond Mar16-27,jailed AGAIN in today's sweeps #Syria
Arabized 10:06am via Twitpic
RT @ProfKahf: http://twitpic.com/... - Security snatchd Dana (pic) in front of her home Mezzeh Damascus #Syria about to go visit a green-eyed friend..
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GENERAL ANALYSIS
(h/t Dibsa 5/2)Al-Qaida already looked irrelevant after Arab Spring
If Osama bin Laden had been following the Arab Spring from his Pakistani hideout, his feelings must have oscillated between the hope of new opportunities and despair that they were not coming al-Qaida's way
ALGERIA
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - Algeria govt approves big hike in public spending
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria announced a sharp increase in budget spending and waived duties on staple foods on Monday in a move designed to stop public discontent spilling over into the kind of revolts rocking other Arab states
BAHRAIN
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Bahrain doctors to be tried for helping protesters
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Several doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during months of unrest in the Gulf kingdom have been charged with acts against the state and will be tried in a military court, the justice minister said Tuesday
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Bahrain's only opposition daily to be shut down
Bahrain's only opposition paper will be shut down by next week following a decision by the board of directors.
A source within Arabic daily, Al Wasat, told Xinhua on Tuesday that staff were informed that the paper will be closed on Sunday.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Bahrain minister: Doctors who treated protesters during unrest will be tried in military court
MANAMA, Bahrain - Several doctors and nurses who treated injured anti-government protesters during months of unrest in the Gulf kingdom have been charged with acts against the state and will be tried in a military court, the justice minister said Tuesday
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - King Hamad Ben Aissa Al Khalifa
Since the start of the country’s pro-democracy movement, the government has tried to control news about the protests and the excesses of police and troops. Foreign journalists have been arrested and deported, others have been unable to get entry visas and Bahrainis wanting to tell them what is happening have been threatened. Free-speech activists have been hounded and prosecuted, photographers, bloggers and netizens arrested (one of them dying in prison), journalists forced to resign from the main opposition paper and called before the state prosecutor, and printing any news about ongoing investigations by the military prosecutor banned for supposed national security reasons
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - Bahrain king is press predator: Watchdog
PARIS: Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) added Bahrain’s King H M Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to its latest blacklist of “predators” against press freedom yesterday. The king entered the watchdog’s list of 38 state “predators” that “sow terror among journalists”, which included three Arab countries hit by recent protests - Syria, Bahrain, Yemen - and Libya, where conflict has broken out
(h/t Dibsa 5/2) - FIA noncommittal over return of Bahrain Grand Prix to F1 calendar
Formula One's governing body, the FIA, has refused to be drawn on when a decision will be taken over the future of the Bahrain Grand Prix. It was reported that the deadline for the decision, originally set for Sunday, had been moved to Tuesday. However, the FIA refused to confirm when the decision would be made
(h/t Dibsa 5/2) - After crushed protests, Bahrain is accused of deepened oppression of Shiites
MANAMA, Bahrain -- Hassan Mohamed ran his finger over bumps of birdshot beneath his skin. He is nearly blind in his left eye, but is scared to go to the emergency room. The wounds would betray him as a protester. His sister arranged to sneak him into a hospital to visit a doctor she trusts. Mohamed was worried
(h/t Dibsa 5/2) - US union group seeks to halt trade pact with Bahrain over kingdom’s crackdown
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A powerful U.S.-based labor organization is urging Washington to suspend a free trade pact with Bahrain in response to the Gulf nation’s crackdown that includes purging union leaders accused of supporting pro-reform protests, a union leader said Monday.
BURKINA FASO
(h/t Dibsa 5/3 ) -
Burkina Faso police say they'll end their protests, the nation's latest episode of unrest
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Police in Burkina Faso said Saturday they will end their demonstrations, as government officials said six people have died in recent unrest in the impoverished West African nation
(h/t Dibsa 5/3 ) - Burkina Faso Police Join in Popular Unrest
DAKAR, Senegal — Police officers in Burkina Faso joined a growing wave of popular unrest on Thursday, firing their weapons in the air and shooting tear gas as discontent over high prices, low wages and the 24-year-rule of President Blaise Compaoré spread in the landlocked West African nation
(h/t mimi 04/30 ) - Protesters]] Demand President’s Ouster in Burkina Faso
...about a thousand demonstrators descended on a central square to demand the departure of President Blaise Compaoré, who has held power for 24 years in one of the world’s poorest countries.
Politicians from many of the country’s 34 opposition parties joined local pop music stars in a demonstration that lasted for hours under a blazing sun. They condemned Mr. Compaoré’s lengthy rule and accused him of corruption and patronage politics. Trucks of friendly soldiers waved to the protesters, many of them young people.
The previous protests have been violent, with soldiers rampaging through the capital and provincial cities earlier in April, looting and burning offices of Mr. Compaoré’s ruling party, and even co-opting his elite presidential guard. The ruler, who seized power in a 1987 coup, has been shaken: he has dismissed his government, named a former journalist as his new prime minister and met with army officers — he did so on Friday — to promise better pay.
“The people are fed up! The soldiers are fed up! The students are fed up! The shopkeepers are fed up!” yelled Norbert Tiendrebeogo of the Social Forces Front. The crowd cheered a local rap star, S’Mockey, when he yelled: “The problem is, it’s not a democracy. It’s been tropicalized.”
The high price of rice was also a focus of complaints. “Life has just become too hard,” said Moussa Lingani, a printer. Rice, he said, was now over 40 a bag.
“I haven’t $eaten in two days,” said Remy Kafando, a farmer. “To eat, it’s just hard. We want a complete change. We don’t want anymore of this. We’re ready for civil war.”
COTE D'IVOIRE
(h/t Dibsa 5/3 ) - Laurent Gbagbo makes first public appearance since arrest
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo made his first public appearance Monday since his arrest three weeks ago.
Gbagbo met with three international mediators who are brokering a national reconciliation.
Reports said the former president looked well, sported slightly longer hair and managed to smile in front of the cameras while having photo opportunities with the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Republic of Ireland President Mary Robinson.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3 ) -
Prosecutor to move ahead on Ivory Coast probe
UNITED NATIONS -- The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court says he plans to ask judges "very soon" to open an investigation into alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Ivory Coast following last November's presidential election.
(h/t mimi 05/01) - Politics and arms sustain Ivory Coast's new regime
Ivory Coast's new leader Alassane Ouattara could take power only with the help of fighters of his Premier Soro, seen by analysts as the regime's pillar.
"Alassane Ouattara won the presidential election ... but he was made king by the weapons of Guillaume Soro and France," said Antoine Glaser, a regional observer."
The 38-year-old Soro was the leader of the New Forces rebels who ruled the northern half of Ivory Coast when the country was split into two, with Gbagbo wielding authority in the south.
Following a 2007 peace deal with the government, he become Gbagbo's prime minister, but later switched allegiance to Ouattara whom he backed with his fighters, renamed Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI), to drive out Gbagbo.
"Alassane Ouattara chose a combatant as prime minister to respond to Laurent Gbagbo's forces," said Gilles Yabi, the International Crisis Group's west Africa region chief.
"The political and social forces that helped Ouattara win elections had to give way to military forces that helped him effectively take power," added Yabi.
Ouattara continues to rely on the FRCI to restore security in the country. ,,,However, the FRCI this week eliminated militia leader Ibrahim Coulibaly
DJIBOUTI
(h/t UnaSpenser 4/14 ) -
JIBOUTI: WHY NO ONE CARES
section of article which covers pro-democracy movements throughout Africa
Whilst the world was watching Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt and Libya, Djibouti had an election on 8 April. With no opposition, a state-controlled media and no civil society movement, it was easy enough for President Omar Guelleh to change the constitution allowing him to run for a third term - thereby continuing 35 year rule by the same family. But this little dictatorship is strategically central to the US Africa Command (2,000 US troops are based here) and the NATO countries. Unlike in Libya, Djibouti's 1 million population can expect no support from the West in their small attempts to have a voice.
EGYPT
DailyKos Diary from someone in Egypt doing political organizing consulting:
Challenges with Democracy in Egypt by katienaranjo
Note: For the last year and a half, I have been working on-and-off with Egyptian political parties and youth activists. Below is the first blog post in a series of reports on the upcoming Egyptian elections. This series represents my views from interactions with activists, party leaders, and candidates on the ground in Egypt. I am currently in Cairo after a week of traveling around Egypt meeting with eager activists.
I am a week into my efforts to train Egyptian political activists on how Americans campaign, and it is clear the challenges facing political parties and youth activists here are daunting. In addition to high illiteracy rates, limitations on election resources, and a politically-uninitiated populace, Egypt’s troubles are mounting as its parliamentary elections draw near.
(h/t Dibsa 4/27) - Egypt minister pleads not guilty over protester deaths
CAIRO (AFP) – Egyptian ex-interior minister Habib al-Adly pleaded not guilty as he went on trial in Cairo Tuesday accused of ordering the shooting of demonstrators during protests that toppled the former regime.
Adly and six former aides made a brief appearance in a packed Cairo courthouse before Judge Adel Abdelsalam Gomaa, who postponed the trial until May 21 to allow more time for defence lawyers as well for legal experts acting for families of victims
(h/t Dibsa 4/26) - Egypt adjourns trial of former interior minister
CAIRO, April 26 (Reuters) - A court adjourned on Tuesday the trial of Egypt's former interior minister on charges of killing anti-government protesters, delaying the verdict in a case seen as a test for the country's ruling generals
IRAN
(h/t Dibsa 4/29) - Iranian journalist protests against sentences with hunger strike
"I will refuse food, telephone contacts, visits or furloughs until my demands are met. I protest against all the sentences issued against me. I will continue this path until I get a result and everything that happens to me will be the responsibility of those who have issued sentences against me and have a role in keeping me imprisoned in Ward 2A," Nourizad wrote in a letter addressed to Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, Tehran's Prosecutor.
IRAQ
(h/t Dibsa 4/29) - Military presence halts protests in Iraq's Kurdistan
SULAIMANIYA, Iraq (Reuters) – The deployment of thousands of heavily armed troops in Iraq's Kurdish city of Sulaimaniya appears to have quelled, for the moment, two months of protests against corruption and authoritarian rule.
(h/t Dibsa 4/29) - Iraqi Kurdistan's two ruling parties call on opposition to resume negotiations
ARBIL: The two ruling parties in north Iraq's Kurdistan Region, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union or Kurdistan (PUK), have called on the opposition parties to resume negotiations, in order to settle the crisis witnessed in the Region, according to a statement they issued on Tuesday
ISRAEL
(h/t Dibsa 4/21 ) - Israeli leftists call for Palestinian state
TEL AVIV (AFP) – Some 300 Israeli left-wingers, including prominent cultural leaders, gathered in Tel Aviv on Thursday to call for the Jewish state to embrace the creation of a Palestinian state.
The activists met to sign a petition, which is endorsed by 17 winners of the prestigious Israel Prize, in a symbolic ceremony in front of the building where the state of Israel was proclaimed on May 14, 1948.
The ceremony was met with anger by several dozen right-wing protesters who also gathered at the site and had to be kept away by a heavy police presence, an AFP photographer at the scene said
JORDAN
(h/t Dibsa 4/27) - Jordan king creates panel to review constitution
AMMAN (AFP) – Jordan's King Abdullah II on Tuesday asked a former prime minister to head a committee to review the constitution and consider amendments, in a bid to face growing demands for reforms.
The king asked Ahmad Lawzi and the 10-member committee, which includes other former premiers, to "look into constitutional amendments that would be suitable for Jordan in the present and future," said the state-run Petra news agency.
KUWAIT
(h/t Dibsa 4/29) - Ahistorical Kuwaiti sectarianism
Sectarian violence in Bahrain has led many to nervously speculate about the potential for these events to set rapidly into motion a downward spiral of Sunni-Shia relations in the rest of the Gulf, and the catastrophe that could arise should the violence pit the regional religious rhetorical powers of Saudi Arabia and Iran against each other. One vital question is how much weight will the turmoil in Bahrain have over other Shiite communities in the Gulf, namely the large Shia population in Kuwait, perhaps the U.S.'s strongest regional ally and strategic partner in the region?
LEBANON
(h/t UnaSpenser 04/19 ) - Turkish envoy to Lebanon: Democracy will spread
Turkey's ambassador to Lebanon, Inan Ozyildiz, believes that despite the recent political uncertainty, all political actors in Lebanon are "engaging in dialogue," and expects democracy to take root in every country in the Arab world.
"Although every country in the region has its own characteristics and political history, the people of the Middle East have a common demand: Democracy," said Ozyildiz.
According to Ozyildiz, the Arab world's transition to democracy is late in coming. "These uprisings were kind of late, they should have started immediately after the end of the Cold War," said Ozyildiz.
LIBYA
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - Aid agencies seek sea and land access to Misrata
GENEVA (AFP) – The international migration agency appealed to all sides in the Libyan crisis Tuesday to allow a ship to evacuate about 1,000 stranded migrants as well as mounting casualties from the besieged port of Misrata.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Libyan ambassador leaves UK after being expelled
LONDON (AFP) – The Libyan ambassador to Britain has left the country after being expelled over attacks on the British embassy in Tripoli, officials in London said on Tuesday.
Omar Jelban departed the country on Monday after being ordered to leave a day earlier over the mob attack on the British mission in the Libyan capital.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Turkey urges Kadhafi to quit Libya
ISTANBUL (AFP) – Turkey on Tuesday urged Moamer Kadhafi to "immediately" cede power and leave Libya, in its first public call on the veteran strongman to go.
"We wish that the Libyan leader pulls out from Libya and cedes power immediately -- for himself and for the future of his country -- without causing more bloodshed, tears and destruction," Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3 ) -
Libya rebel city tense as Kadhafi ultimatum expires
MISRATA, Libya (AFP) – The besieged Libyan rebel city of Misrata braced for a new bombardment by Moamer Kadhafi's forces on Tuesday as an ultimatum for its surrender expired a day after shelling killed 14 people.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Libyan rebels: Regime forces shelling supply route
TRIPOLI, Libya – Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi have been shelling a route used to ferry supplies from across the Tunisian border to hideouts in the mountains of western Libya, rebels there said on Tuesday.
RESOURCES:
A vision of a democratic Libya an 8-point plan from the National Transitional Council
The full text of UN Resolution 1970 on Libya.
The full text of UN Resolution 1973 on Libya.
President Obama's letter to Congress regarding commencement of operations in Libya. (h/t greenbird)
Al Jazeera Libyan live blog. (h/t jnhobbs)
UK Telegraph Libyan live blog. (h/t bee tzu)
BBC Libyan live blog found here. (h/t greenbird)
The New Yorker Dispatches from Libya. (h/t suejazz)
BBC's Libyan crisis mapped. (h/t phil S 33)
revolutionology is a blog from an American in Benghazi
MAURITANIA
(h/t dibsa 4/26) - Mauritanian police use teargas to break up protest
NOUAKCHOTT, April 25 (Reuters) - Security forces using teargas and batons dispersed several hundred anti-government protesters in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on Monday, the most serious clash in the West African state for nearly two months.
MOROCCO
(h/t mimi 4/30 ) -
CIA Part of Investigation of 'Düsseldorf Cell'
The arrest of three suspected al-Qaida members in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on Friday followed a months-long investigation that, in addition to the German authorities, also included the participation of the CIA and Moroccan secret service. The German Federal Office of Criminal Investigation (BKA) created its own special "Comet" investigative unit to look into the case.
...
The detainees are suspected of being members of the international terrorist organization al-Qaida. According to information obtained by SPIEGEL, the main suspect in the so-called "Düsseldorf Cell" is Abdeladim K. of Morocco. He is believed to have been in regular contact with an allegedly high-ranking al-Qaida official in the Afghan-Pakistan border region.
...
Meanwhile, the report in Die Welt claimed that the three Moroccan men, who have German passports, are part of a larger group of terror suspects
PALESTINE
(h/t Dibsa 4/27 ) - Palestinian officials: Unity agreement reached
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians have reached initial agreement on reuniting their rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza, officials from both sides said Wednesday, a step that would remove a main obstacle in the way of peace efforts with Israel.
Even before the agreement was to be signed, however, key questions about how to unify rival security forces remained unsolved. Israel immediately rejected the prospect of a Palestinian government including Hamas, and the U.S. expressed similar concerns
(h/t UnaSpenser ) - Hamas-Fatah reconciliation a Palestinian form of Arab spring
Reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas is a historic achievement for the Palestinians, whose rivalries and divisions have weakened them and been exploited by their enemies.
Agreement to form an interim government and fix a date for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip next year is also a real triumph for Egyptian mediation – and a surprise given the momentous changes in Cairo in the past few months.
But above all it is a challenge to Israel, the US and EU, which have all shunned Hamas as a terrorist organisation since its shock victory in Palestinian elections in 2006.
The agreement is, in its way, a version of the Arab spring shaking regimes from Libya to Syria and giving hope of change after years of impasse.
OMAN/QATAR
(h/t JustJennifer 4/23) - Protests break out in Omani city
At least 1,000 protesters have taken to the streets in Oman's southern port city of Salalah in one of the biggest pro-reform demonstrations since scattered unrest began in the Gulf Arab sultanate two months ago.
The protesters assembled in a car park across the street from the governor's office on Friday, where a preacher led mid-day prayers and led them on a march across the city.
"The Omani people are not afraid of protesting for as long as it takes for reform, [but] first and foremost is to get government officials, who have been embezzling funds for years, to stand trial," Amer Hargan, the leader, told the crowd.
(h/t Dibsa 4/21) - Oman pardons 234 arrested during protests
(CNN) -- Oman's ruler has pardoned 234 people who were arrested during anti-government protests earlier in the year, the Gulf state's news agency said.
Sultan Qaboos bin Said pardoned only those who were taken into custody for "the crimes of crowding in public streets," the Oman News Agency said Wednesday
SAUDI ARABIA
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - Rights Group Calls on Saudis to Release Activist
A rights group has asked the government of Saudi Arabia to release a rights activist, saying a recent wave of arrests is jeopardizing any chance of reform.
The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch asked the Saudi interior minister to immediately release Fadhil Makki al-Manasif, who was arrested May 1 for participating in peaceful demonstrations calling for government reform.
SYRIA
(h/t Dibsa 5/2) - Security forces arrest hundreds across Syria
(Reuters) - Syrian security forces going house to house rounded up more people in a clampdown on pro-democracy unrest across the country on Monday, rights activists said, after taking control of Deraa, cradle of the uprising.
(h/t dibsa 5/2) - Syria: Army in Deraa arrests 500 men
Syrian security forces killed 10 people and arrested 499 others in house-to-house raids in Deraa on Sunday, an army spokesman has said.
Residents said men aged between 15 and 40 were being arrested, handcuffed and bussed to a detention centre.
(h/t dibsa 5/2) - Al Jazeera journalist missing in Syria
Al Jazeera has demanded immediate information from Syria about one of its journalists who has been missing in the country since Friday afternoon.
Dorothy Parvaz left Doha, Qatar, for Syria on Friday to help cover events currently taking place in the country. However, there has been no contact with the 39-year-old since she disembarked from a Qatar Airways flight in Damascus.
TUNISIA
(h/t Dibsa 4/26) - Tunisia bans ex-ruling party leaders from ballot
TUNIS, April 26 (Reuters) - Senior members of Tunisia's former ruling party will be banned from a July 24 election and the vote will be run by an independent body for the first time, Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi said on Tuesday.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
(h/t Dibsa 5/3 ) -
UAE Dissolves the Teachers' Association
The United Arab Emirates dissolved the elected board of directors of the Teachers’ Association on Monday, according to activist Mohammed al-Mansoori. The 11 members of the board were replaced by five state appointees.
WESTERN SAHARA
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
UN extends peacekeepers in Western Sahara
The Security Council has approved a resolution that mentions human rights in the contested north African territory of Western Sahara for the first time.
But human rights groups and the organization backing independence for the territory's Sahwari people say the resolution doesn't go far enough. They say an independent rights monitoring body is still needed.
YEMEN
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - Russian Delegation Attempts Intervention in Yemen Crisis
A Russian delegation is in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, trying to salvage a political deal that would ease Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power.
Yemeni media reported on Tuesday that the delegation is meeting with government officials and the main opposition group after a Gulf Arab plan to end Yemen's political stalemate stalled
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Slip Sliding Into Civil War
May 3, 2011: The death of Osama bin Laden yesterday in Pakistan put the spotlight on two things. One, al Qaeda no longer depends on Pakistan as its main base. This is largely because Pakistan has become so hostile to the Arab dominated al Qaeda. Instead, the Yemen branch, AQIA (Al Qaeda in Arabia), has become the al Qaeda home office.
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) -
Thousands protest in Yemen as deal is deadlocked
SANAA, Yemen – Thousands of protesters took to the streets of cities across Yemen on Monday to press the embattled president to step down after he balked at signing a deal by Arab mediators to end the impoverished nation's spiraling political crisis
(h/t Dibsa 5/3) - UAE president, GCC chief meet on Yemen's crisis
DUBAI, May 2 (Xinhua) -- United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan met with the visiting chief of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Monday on the Yemeni crisis, the state news agency WAM reported.
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Our Egyptian brethren articulated what people around the region are fighting for, though variations to the theme may exist from country to country. banner held by protesters and translated to English:
1 The departure of Mubarak
2 An end to the current Parliament
3 An end of the state of emergency
4 The creation of a national united government
5 A parliament elected by the people to modify the constitution and run the presidential elections
6 Put those responsible for the killings on trial
7 Put those responsible for stealing the country's money and other acts of corruption on trial
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