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Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma sentenced to jail for life

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Egyptian court has sentenced on Wednesday, the leftist revolutionary and prominent activist Ahmed Douma to life imprisonment for “illegal gathering”, “arms”, “disturbing public order”, “vandalism” and “inciting violence. The court also sentenced 229 others to life in jail in absentia for the same charges, and 39 juveniles received 10-year sentences in absentia. These liberal activists […]
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After Revolution Comes Reaction: Egypt as a Rule, Not Exception

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While we enter a new year, the emerging consensus among observers of the Middle East and Northern Africa is that the Arab Spring has turned into a frosty Arab Winter. Nothing speaks to this perception as strongly as the ongoing civil war in Syria, where the embattled Assad-regime, propped up by Hizbollah and Iran, is […]