Democracy News

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News from the Middle East and North Africa

• Retrial of Former Egyptian President Mubarak Resumes on May 11 10 May 2013
• Brookings Hosts Discussion on Sectarianism after the Arab Spring 12 April 2013
• IFES Hosts Panel on Democratic Transformation in the Arab Spring 10 April 2013
• Tunisian Crisis Temporarily Averted by Transitional Government 05 April 2013
• Egyptian Attorney General Encourages Citizen Arrests 15 March 2013
• Conference Discusses Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Tunisia 07 March 2013
• Thomas Friedman on the Need for Change in Egypt 20 February 2013
• Freedom House and ADHRB Host Panel on Democratic Reform in Bahrain as Manama Protests Intensify 19 February 2013
• CCD Military Handbook Project Director Admiral Dennis Blair Discusses Democracy in Bahrain 19 February 2013
• Tunisia in Crisis after Assassination of Opposition Leader 08 February 2013
• Egypt Two Years Later: Old Rivals, New Players, and Familiar Protests 31 January 2013
• Jordan Opposition Boycotts Election, Demands Reform 29 January 2013
• Turkish Parliamentarian Safak Pavey Speaks at Georgetown University 25 January 2013
• Michael J. Totten Discusses Liberalization in Morocco 22 January 2013
• Libya Congress Struggles amid Violence and Parliamentary Gridlock 18 January 2013
• Bahrain Democracy Activists' Sentences Upheld by Final Court of Appeals 11 January 2013