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Arab spring News : Jan 23, 2012

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Human Rights Watch “World Report 2012” published, calls for Arab Spring support
Bikya Masr
The group highlights a deep concern over the fact that many global leaders have allowed their strategic ties with repressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa to temper their support for the Arab Spring protests.
From Arab Spring to unity
Khaleej Times
The Egypt Pavilion at the Global Village is a model of Tahrir Square, where the Arab Spring began, and the narrow streets of Khan El Khalili in the Islamic district of Cairo. Near the entrance, two men dressed as King Tut made me smile.
Arab spring in Sweden
Variety
By Nick Holdsworth Goteborg may be a long way from Tunis, Cairo or Damascus, but its focus this year on Arabic-language filmmaking is timely. Conceived during last year’s fest — when the first Arab Spring revolts were just beginning — the fest’s Arab

Variety
What Turkey Could Learn from the Arab Spring
Wamda
Yet it would be wise to consider the lessons of the Arab Spring. The movements that rallied hundreds of thousands to raise their fists at oppressive autocrats are precisely the examples that Turks should study; its roaring economy depends on a little
Russia Repeats Western Mistakes in Arab Spring
Human Rights Watch
(Moscow) –Russia is repeating the mistakes of Western governments during the Arab Spring by continuing to support a longstanding authoritarian ally whose people have clearly expressed the desire for democratic change, Human Rights Watch said in

Human Rights Watch
Net widens in Arab Spring probes
swissinfo.ch
The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has widened legal proceedings involving frozen assets of the deposed leaders of Tunisia and Egypt to include organised crime. The investigations are focusing on both money laundering and whether transfers of these assets
TALEB: Conspiracy theorists question implications of Arab Spring uprisings
Daily Nebraskan
Alongside media coverage of the recent events, there has been a heated debate among intellectuals as to whether a conspiracy could be the driving force behind the so-called “Arab Spring.” In fact, numerous interpretations emerged as to the nature of
Rivalry among Syrian defectors could mean another military coup
Haaretz
By Zvi Bar’el Tags: Syria Arab Spring Even as the Arab coalition against the Syrian regime tightens, and while Saudi Arabia has withdrawn its inspectors to the country and Qatar has upped the pressure to refer the crisis to the United Nations,

Haaretz
Peninsular pain
Indian Express
Yemen, the poorest country in the Arab world, has had more than its ususal share of news space since the Arab Spring engulfed the country last year. The tumult still doesn’t seem to let go of Yemen, although Yemenis might think their history is going

 

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