King of Bahrain declares state of emergency, Saudi forces entered country
King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain on Tuesday ordered a state of emergency in the kingdom for a period of three months. Earlier there were reports of helicopters firing live ammunition on protesters. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print [...]
Can the Jasmine Revolution spread to Southeast Asia?
Over the past month the international community has witnessed unprecedented political opposition and revolutions in the Middle East. Already this so called ‘Jasmine Revolution’ or ‘Arab Spring’ has overturned two of the countries long-standing political regimes, the Ben-Ali regime in Tunisia and more surprisingly the 30 year rule of strongman Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. In [...]
Oman: arms and loitering
“People here never ever demonstrated. Some of the demonstrators are ordinary rioters. The rest are young people who demand work. They want a job immediately and that is of course impossible.” These are the words on the situation in Oman by Jan Meyer. Meijer is works for the port of Rotterdam as CEO in Oman. [...]
21 people have been executed in the last three days in Iran
According to different reports from Iran, at least 20 people may have been executed during the last three days. All those executed have been charged with drug trafficking by the Iranian authorities. No independent sources have confirmed the charges. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on [...]
Three men were hanged in public in northwestern Iran
According to reports from Iran, three men were hanged in public in the town of Salmas, northwest of Iran. According to these reports the public hangings took place Sunday morning February 20th. Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print for later [...]
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