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Bahrain Just Bought More Tear Gas Canisters Than It Has Citizens
A document leaked to UK-based advocacy group Bahrain Watch stated that the kingdom planned to import a whole load of tear gas from South Korea to use against civilians. The shipment amounts to approximately 1.6 million tear gas canisters and 90,00...
Sudan's Government Isn't Going Down Without a Fight
The antiregime protests that have swept Sudan for the last week are at a crossroads, with the fervent optimism of the previous days giving way to somber reflection and shock that over 50 people are believed to have died.
Is Egypt Doomed to a Civil War?
As the interim government try to wipe out the Muslim Brotherhood, the country is being pushed toward the abyss.
Eritrea Has Failed to Realize Its Revolutionary Dream
Once a revolution is over, how do you judge its success? Twenty years ago, Eritrea—in the northeast of Africa—became a legally independent nation, having won its de-facto independence from Ethiopia two years earlier, in 1991. But creating a free and...
More Live Stream Coverage of the São Paulo Protests
For the past few weeks the bus-fare protests in Brazil have been raging. Last week, the government announced they would reduce fare to its original rate in an attempt to quell the outrage. The Free Pass movement held a meeting this past Sunday to...
Live Streaming the São Paulo Protests
The bus-fare protests in Brazil have escalated into a revolt over many social issues. The government has lowered the fare back down to three Brazilian real, but the gathered masses are still protesting government corruption, the lack of health care and...