Hundreds of Kuwaiti activists are gathering in protest, contesting the legitimacy of a newly elected parliament convened by the Kuwaiti Emir Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah while the assembly was out of session. The demonstrations took place at the Palace of Justice in downtown Kuwait City, during parliament’s first session after the election. The Kuwaiti government has responded in kind, with a...

A Cairo court convicted and sentenced the Egyptian Christian blogger Alber Saber to three years in prison for speaking his mind on social networking sites. He is accused of blasphemy and contempt of religion.  Alber Saber is one of several activists that has fallen prey to a campaign led by Egypt's Islamists to curb free expression. Many of those targeted in the campaign are Christians, who...

Seizing the opportunity to celebrate Human Rights Day last Monday, Kuwaiti activists and supporters of “Bedouns,” people who reside in the country without citizenship, have gathered, calling for their equal rights. The theme for the sixty-fourth year anniversary of Human Rights Day is “inclusion and the right to participate in social life. In particular drawing attention to all people’s...

In the third straight day of demonstrations, hundreds of Sudanese students rallied to protest the deaths of five university students killed last week in the capital of Khartoum. The five students were murdered, allegedly by Sudanese security forces, for participating in protests against an increase in education fees, soaring food costs, and recent government attacks against journalists and...

Saudi women are not allowed to go to school, get a job, or travel outside of the country without the express consent of their designated male guardian.  Now Saudi Arabia has found new ways to control women.  For the past two years, male guardians (usually father, brother, or husband) could opt for a service that tracks their female dependents with electronic notifications. But now,...