Protests are sweeping Sudanese cities over living costs, and are met by brute force, arrests, tear gas and curfews.
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10 years on – Why the Arab Spring still matters
What’s left of the Arab Spring?
A talk I gave in Karl-Liebknecht-Haus, Berlin, on 28/01/2019.
Read on »Revolution is a process, and it’s far from over
I wrote this article last year, and I think it is relevant to the current discussions on the fate of the region’s revolutions a decade later.
Read on »Domino Effect: Sudan
Fearing protests, government arrests opposition leader.
Read on »Domino Effect: Neoliberalism on the retreat
The Arab regimes, fearing the replication of the Tunisian intifada in their own countries, are either slowing down or putting on hold their neo-liberal reforms.
Read on »Policeman gets 25 years for sexually assaulting Sudanese mother-of-three
Sarah Carr reports: A policeman has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment in absentia by the New Cairo Criminal Court after being convicted of sexually assaulting a woman near a police checkpoint.The convicted policeman Wael Muhammad Ismail, a member of the security patrol force, is currently at large and did not attend the court hearing.Conclusive
Read on »2nd Anniversary of Mohandessin Massacre: Tribute to the Sudanese Refugees
The second anniversary approaches. Adly and his criminals haven’t been put on trial yet.
Read on »Rights groups blast Egypt for refusal to open probe into Sudanese refugees massacre
From AP: Several rights groups on Wednesday blasted Egypt’s decision not to investigate the deaths of more than two dozen Sudanese refugees when police stormed their camp here in 2005. A United Nations human rights panel last week called on Egypt to reopen an investigation into the Sudanese refugees’ deaths, but Egypt’s Foreign Ministry immediately
Read on »Photographers to demonstrate against police assaults
For the first time in their history, Egyptian photographers are getting together to demonstrate on Saturday 11am, in front of the Press Syndicate, against increased police assaults. Photographers face attacks from police agents and the thugs they deploy in demos, who smash cameras, intimidate, physically assault, and detain photographers while performing their professional duties. I’m
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