Items related to protests

Q&A with Bahrain opposition leader: Revolution aims for ‘reform’, not a regime ouster
Ghada Abdel Hafez 05 Apr 2011
Manama -- Bahraini liberal Shia opposition leader and secretary general of the Democratic Progressive Forum Society,...
Al-Helal employees stage protest, al-Helal hospital for health insurance, Sohag, 12 February, 2011. Protesters called for fixed-term contracts and dismissing Salah al-Maghrabi, chief of health insurance sector.
Manpower minister defends draft law banning worker protests
Arabic Edition 05 Apr 2011
The government has not criminalized the right of workers to strike, an Egyptian minister said Tuesday following the...
وقفة احتجاجية لمجموعة من السوريين المقيمين في القاهرة، أمام السفارة السورية بالقاهرة، 21 مارس 2011. طالب المتظاهرون خلال وقفتهم برحيل الرئيس السورى بشار الأسد، وتداول السلطة على نحو ديمقراطي، وإلغاء العمل بقانون الطوارئ الساري العمل به في البلاد، منذ أربعين عاماً، كما رددوا شعارات مناهضة للنظام السوري.
Lawyer: Prominent Syrian rights defender Atassi free
Reuters 04 Apr 2011
Amman -- Syrian authorities have released prominent human rights defender Suhair al-Atassi, one of her lawyers said on...
Anti-government protesters destroy a vehicle belonging to government supporters during a protest outside Sanaa University, February 22, 2011, as some 1,000 students spent a second night camped at a square, which they have dubbed Al-Hurriya (Liberty) Square, near the university demanding Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh's ouster.
Dozens of Yemen protesters wounded in new clash
Reuters 03 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Dozens of Yemeni protesters were wounded on Sunday when police used live rounds, tear gas and batons to try to...
Tens of thousands of Yemenis take to the streets, March 31, 2011 in the town of Ibb, 190 kms southwest of Sanaa, calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh as defections from his regime have multiplied since a bloodbath in Sanaa on March 18 when 52 protesters were gunned down by the president's loyalists, drawing widespread international condemnation.
Yemen's Saleh says opposition should end protests
AP 03 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called on opponents demanding he step down to end weeks of street protests...
Tens of thousands of Yemenis take to the streets, March 31, 2011 in the town of Ibb, 190 kms southwest of Sanaa, calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh as defections from his regime have multiplied since a bloodbath in Sanaa on March 18 when 52 protesters were gunned down by the president's loyalists, drawing widespread international condemnation.
Yemenis hold largest protest yet against leader
AP 01 Apr 2011
Sanaa -- Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis packed a square in the capital and marched in villages and cities across the...
A TV grab taken from Syrian TV shows Syria's President Bashar al-Assad gesturing before addressing the Parliament,March 30, 2011 in a highly anticipated speech in which he is expected to announce reforms in response to protests demanding major changes.
Special from Syria: Disappointment in Damascus as Bashar speech falls flat
Robert Jordan 31 Mar 2011
Damascus -- When Syria’s reform-minded president Bashar al-Assad arrived at the parliament building to speak to...
Yemen's Saleh makes new offer to protesters
Reuters 30 Mar 2011
Sanaa -- Yemen's president has made a new offer to protesters demanding he steps down, proposing he stays in his...
Policemen stand outside al Rajhi Mosque in Riyadh.
Al-Azhar scholar criticizes Saudi edict banning protests
Staff 30 Mar 2011
A Saudi Islamic edict forbidding protests drew criticism from an Al-Azhar scholar Tuesday. Sheikh Gamal Qotb, former...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says that Syria will support Lebanon if Israel attacks.
Syria's Assad to give first speech since protests
Reuters 30 Mar 2011
Damascus --  President Bashar al-Assad will on Wednesday give his first public speech since pro-democracy protests...