M. Steven Fish and Katherine Michel wrote a piece highlighting what Tunisia has done right on its path to democratic reform. Despite the country’s issues with security and unemployment, Fish and Michel emphasize that the constitution's call for ...

The European Union awarded its Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and Freedom of Thought to two Iranian activists on October 26. Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and filmmaker Jafar Panahi, both currently imprisoned by the Iranian regime, were awarded the ...

Egypt’s Higher Court declined to rule on the legality of the drafting committee of Egypt’s Constitution Tuesday, sending the decision to the supreme constitutional court. Opposition leaders rejected an invitation from President Mohammed Morsi ...

The American Enterprise Institute (A.E.I.) released a graph along with cited sources, illustrating the number of injuries and casualties sustained in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen since the start of the Arab Spring. The chart is ...

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah provoked outrage by opposition groups after suggesting an amendment to a key constituency electoral law. Demonstrations comprised of between 5,000-20,000 people also broke out yesterday. Speaking to the protesters, former lawmaker Musallam al-Barrak

State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland explained that due to concern from Congress over the recently-announced $450 million of assistance pledged to Egypt, the State Department is "going to have to work with the Congress in the coming days ...

Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX), chairwoman of the congressional subcommittee administering foreign aid, blocked $450 million in emergency aid for Egypt, part of a larger debate that has been brewing in the Congress about U.S. aid for the Middle East. ...

On September 14, Senators Jim DeMint (R-SC) and Bob Corker (R-TN), both members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations,  introduced S. 3551, a bill requiring investigations into a report on the September 11-12, 2012, attacks on ...

Supporting media reports from Kuwait indicate that as many as 10,000 people rallied Monday in protest of possible amendments to the controversial proposed election law, and calling for the dissolution of the recently reinstated 2009 parliament. However, others put ...

The Bahrain Court of Appeals Thursday overturned a conviction against prominent human rights activist, Nabeel Rajab, for tweeting allegedly anti-government comments. The charge was one of several brought against Rajab for his activism since last year's uprising, and he ...

In a statement released Tuesday, The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) expressed concern that the U.A.E may be moving toward a police state. The GCHR recieved reports that 51 human rights activists detained during recent crackdowns are on hunger ...

A Turkish opposition member of parliament, Huseyin Aygun, was kidnapped Sunday with early reports indicating that the MP had been taken by members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Aygun, from the  opposition Republican ...

Tunisian activist and blogger Lina Ben Mhenni recounted on her blog her beating by police during a sit in in front of parliament on August 5th in what she described as a "scene...worthy of December 2010." Police

The Kuwaiti opposition Tuesday announced its "declaration for the nation," a program designed to move toward major legislative and constitutional change. The reforms are intended to achieve a full parliamentary system and elected government, and call for the party ...

Jordan's Islamist Action Front announced that they will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections in protest of a new electoral law which they say does not go far enough. The controversial law moderately expanded the number of seats in Jordan's lower house that ...