Security forces clashed with demonstrators in Damascus on Tuesday, detaining at least 35 protesters, including a 10 year old boy. The Syrian demonstrators, who demanded the release of political prisoners, ignored a ban on all demonstrations and...
Gaith Abdul Ahad, a Guardian reporter, has been released after being detained for a fortnight by Libyan authorities. Ahad, along with Andrei Netto, a Brazilian journalist, were held after entering Libya from Tunisia. Netto was freed a few days ago....
A day after a violent crackdown by security forces on protesters camped out at Pearl Square in the capital Manama, at least five key opposition leaders have been arrested. The detained leaders belong to different opposition parties, all of which...
A day after martial law was declared in the kingdom, Bahraini security forces have carried out a crackdown on protesters camped out at Pearl Square in the capital Manama. Security forces, backed by tanks, drove out the protesters from their camps...
The historic collapse of the once feared Egyptian police state has spawned a Wikileaks-style flood of secret information into the public sphere. Starting on 5 March, crowds of protesters forced their way into buildings around the country belonging...
Security forces reportedly used tear gas, water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition to disperse anti-government protesters in the capital Sana'a over the weekend. Six protesters died in the clashes while up to a hundred were left injured.
Ali Hassan Al Jaber, an Al Jazeera cameraman, was killed in Libya on 12 March after being shot by unknown attackers, in an ambush by forces loyal to Gaddafi. After covering an anti-government protest, the Al Jazeera team was on its way to the city...
A BBC news team trying to reach the town of Zawiya were detained, beaten and subjected to mock executions by pro-Gaddafi forces. The team of three were detained on Monday at an army roadblock and taken to a military barracks in Tripoli where they...
Security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters trying to join a camp at the University of Sana'a, killing one and injuring 100. The police were accused of using tear gas and rubber bullets, and firing live rounds into the crowd....
The government may claim that media workers are protected, but the reality on Yemen’s streets is very different, says Iona Craig