TUNIS, Tunisia- Dozens of Tunisian rights activists held a protest outside the municipal theatre in central Tunis on the eve of a planned visit by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday. Raising …
Post-revolutionary Tunisia continues to push the debate about gay rights into the public sphere, braving a repressive law, gender-based discrimination and homophobic violence. Tunisian activists have taken increasingly bold steps in the …
TUNIS, Tunisia– Tunisian activists are stepping up their campaign in support of new laws that grant men and women equal inheritance rights. More than 1,000 people, mostly women, took to the streets …
BEIRUT, Lebanon -News of a young Ethiopian woman who died a few weeks ago while trying to escape from a seventh-floor balcony east of Beirut prompted outrage across social media, including this …
A draft new law targeting non-governmental organisations’ funding would be the latest blow to Egypt’s beleaguered civil society and a further erosion of civil liberties Egypt’s beleaguered civil society is facing new …
Poet Dareen Tatour joins hundreds of Palestinians arrested over the past year because of their social media posts. The simple act of expressing resistance to the Occupation is enough for Israel to …
In the face of atrocious crimes being committed against the civilian population in Libya, justice comes as a critical part of peace in an effort to push forward the political dialogue between …
Last month, the shooting of a young Palestinian in Kufr Kana, near Nazareth, triggered a new wave of rioting in Palestinian towns and villages inside Israel amid sharp tensions after months of …
CAIRO, Egypt- Twenty Syrian women sew patterns onto recycled fabric in the offices of Egyptian NGO Tadamon. The center is located in the satellite city of Sixth of October, known as Cairo’s “Little …
