The following comes from a piece posted on The Daily Beast. To access the original, please click here. Syria’s latest effort to quell anti-government protests appears to be unsuccessful: Protesters hit the streets in Damascus and Baniyas after the Syrian government passed a law lifting the country’s decades-old state of emergency. Changes include the abolition of a state security...

Imagine having to flee your home country, chased by the secret police for being the most notorious “criminal” in the land. This has been Syrian democracy activist Malath Aumran’s experience. And Aumran isn’t even a real person. “Malath Aumran” was (and remains) a key Syrian cyber dissident. He is a fictional identity concocted by real cyber dissident Rami Nakhle to shield...

The following is a post from CyberDissidents.org's Blogger Board member Kareem Amer. To access the original, click here. I was deeply disturbed when I heard of Maikel's sentence of 3 years in prison, his crime being: criticizing the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and the acts of violent brutality committed by the military police and the officers of the military prison against activists...

This post originally appeared on SaudiJeans.org. To read the original, please click here. The elections process to choose municipal elections will start on April 23 with voters registration, and it will end by casting ballots on September 23. Starting from this moment, the scenario of this upcoming summer seems very clear. On April 23, the voters registration will begin, and the numbers will...

  I was deeply disturbed when I heard of Maikel's sentence of 3 years in prison, his crime being: criticizing the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, and the acts of violent brutality committed by the military police and the officers of the military prison against activists arrested in Tahrir Square. The cause of my alarm was an empty feeling that there is nothing new under the sun. The same...