Forsker ikke på ikkevold : Ny Tid. Nye tall: Fredelige metoder virker langt bedre enn voldelige Forsker ikke på ikkevold De fredelige protestene i Egypt og Tunisia har tatt norske forskere på senga. De har vært mer opptatt av krig…
Libyan rebels saw significant progress on both the military and diplomatic front in recent days, even as Qaddafi’s regime disparaged their efforts. Full text: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0513/Libyan-rebel-morale-spikes-after-week-of-gains Istanbul, Turkey Pressure is mounting on the regime of Col. Muammar Qaddafi as rebels report…
Supporting revolutions | Independent World Report. The nonviolent revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt dominated international news in early 2011. Given their adherence to the principles of nonviolence and massive public participation, these revolutionary movements are unique and extraordinary, as we…
BBC News – Maldives rocked by protests against President Nasheed. Police in Maldives have used tear gas and batons to disperse a mass anti-government protest in the capital Male. Several thousand people gathered to demand President Mohamed Nasheed quit because…
Saudi’s Surprise Renegades – Newsweek. Women demonstrators, calling for the release of their imprisoned relatives, are making the regime very nervous. On a recent Sunday morning, Dana al-Reshoudi, a 50-year-old home-economics teacher from the oasis city of Buraydah, in Saudi…
How to Make More Egypts — and Fewer Iraqs It was a beautiful, sun-splashed Cairo morning, and a brass band was playing in Tahrir Square. The musicians, about two dozen in all, wore driven-snow white trousers and red military jackets…
A human right to resist From OpenDemocracy.net by Maciej Bartkowski We need the international community to favour the worldwide groundswell of civil resistance over armed violence. This could be facilitated by a more dynamic and comprehensive interpretation of existing…
Yemenis Start Civil Disobedience Campaign SANAA, Yemen – Yemeni residents in scores of cities and towns across the nation launched a civil disobedience campaign Wednesday to bring down the country’s long-serving president, activists said.
Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday said that Mahatma Gandhi’s civil disobedience movement helped him plan Egypt’s political transformation. Gandhi an inspiration to Egyptian revolution, says ElBaradei : North: India Today.
