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Iran death sentence raises specter of a deepening crackdown
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe first known death sentence handed down to a defendant linked to the unrest sweeping Iran has...
One of the Egyptian activists behind the 2011 uprising freed from prison after presidential pardon
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoOne of the Egyptian activists behind the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak...
Thousands march through Athens to mark 50 years since a student uprising was crushed by dictatorship
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMore than 25,000 people marched through central Athens on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of a...
Factbox-Egypt keeps former powerhouse Muslim Brotherhood out of politics
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLong viewed as the most influential Islamist movement in the Middle East, the Brotherhood rose to...
Factbox-Egypt's election follows long crackdown on dissent
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe vote comes after a decade-long crackdown on dissent that has seen critics from across the...
Eastern Libyan authorities round up thousands in crackdown on migrants
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLibyan authorities rounded up thousands of mostly Egyptian migrants and amassed them at the border,...
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the jailed Egyptian-British dissident on hunger strike
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAlaa Abd el-Fattah, an Egyptian-British software developer and blogger from an activist family who...
As China cracks down on dissent, New York City gives refuge to exhibit remembering Tiananmen Square
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFangsuo Zhou, now in his 50s, remembers all too well that dispiriting spring day in 1989 when tanks...
Record Low Turnout in Iran as Voters Lose Faith in Elections
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 4 months agoIranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to the media after casting his vote during the...
10 years later, a war-weary Ukraine reflects on events that began its collision course with Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt happens every November, when the cold descends on Kyiv. The change in weather always makes Dmytro...