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This article describes the treatment of activists protesting in solidarity with the Palestinian cause within the University of California (UC) system, and the tensions that escalated as members of the strike were met by violence and force. This series of events is described by Muriam Haleh Davis..

[This is a roundup of news articles and other materials circulating on the Arabian Peninsula and reflects a wide variety of opinions. It does not reflect the views of the Arabian Peninsula Page Editors or of Jadaliyya. You may send your own recommendations for inclusion in each week..

[The following report was published by Amnesty International on 27 February 2014]

Trigger-Happy: Israel`s Use of Excessive Force in the West..

[This report was originally published by Bahrain Watch on 18 October 2013.]

[The following statement was recently released by the Egyptian Initiatve for Personal Rights (EIPR)]

Peace Keeping in Demonstrations and Public Disorder Situations

In every clash between demon..

[The following press release was issued by Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault (OpAntiSH) on 2 July 2013.]

Press Release: Mob Sexual Assaults Reported to OpAntiSH during June 30th Demonstrations Hit Catastrophic Skies

[The following report was originally published by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 7 March 2013.]

International Women`s Day: Bahraini Women Imprisoned, Tortur..

[The following statement was originally published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 20 February 2013.]

Oman – Release Immediately and Unconditionally all Detainees of Huma..

[The following report was issued by Bedoon Rights on 12 December 2012.

Tens of  thousands of supporters of presidential hopeful Ahmed Shafiq gathered in Nasr City on Saturday, one day before the election results are expected to be announced, chanting against the Muslim Brotherhood`s candidate, Mohamed Mursi, Shafiq’s runoff rival. 

Protesters, holdi..

Activists map out locations from which they plan to march towards Cairo`s Tahrir Square Wednesday on the first anniversary of uprising that toppled Mubarak.

Activists have established multiple starting points from which scheduled marches will set out towards Cairo’s Tahrir Square ..

It is not easy to talk to an activist from Homs about his city; as you are talking, you find yourself alternating between laughter and tears without even realizing it.

What could one possibly ask about a city that has lost more than 1,200 martyrs since the start of the revolution? Despite ..

Under the heat of the warm sun on a late summer Saturday, I left my house in Vila Real and travelled the one hundred kilometers that separate it from Porto, Portugal’s second biggest city, where a demonstration of the Fifteenth of October Movement was supposed to take place. Here in my hometown,..

Chris Stone met with the writer Mohamed Salah al-Azab in Cairo on May 30, 2011, and the Arabic text can be found her..

This Essential Readings post is written by Sandy Russell Jones.

[Editors` Note: This is the third in

How serious is the situation in Yemen?

This weekend, negotiations over the departure of President Ali Abdallah Saleh broke down. After several weeks of mixed signals concerning his willingness to depart the pres..

On the eve of Saudi Arabia`s "Day of Rage," country-wide protests planned for Friday March 11, 200-300 protesters took to the streets in the city of Qatif, located in the eastern province of the Kingdom. Participants chanted a range of slogans, inlcuding ..

On Sunday night, Saif al-Islam al-Qaddafi—son of Libyan "leader" Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi—gave a televised speech in which he denied the existence of genuine gr..

“When I go out in the street, no cares about #feb20, I connect and boom, the revolution is brewing” (Qd je sors ds la rue, no one cares about #feb20, je me connecte et boom c`est la révolution qui couve).

Last night (Thursday, January 13th) Zein al-`Abideen Bin `Ali addressed the Tunisian people and said: انا فهمتكم, “I got you,” or more literally, “I understood you.” I started writing this post while watching his address, and titled it “Too Late.” But I did not imagine what woul..