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Arab Spring articles on Democracy Chronicles

The Arab Spring was the revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests in the Arab world following the banner of one man in Tunisia, began on 17 December 2010 with the Tunisian Revolution. Popular protests took place in many countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and Yemen.

Bahrain Repression Marks Uprising Anniversary

by DC Editors - January 14, 2022

Bahrain Repression Marks Uprising Anniversary

In the midst of intense repression, Bahraini protestors honored the tenth anniversary of the 2011 pro-democracy uprisings.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Arab Spring, Bahrain, Middle East

How The Arab Spring Has Been Misunderstood

by DC Editors - April 19, 2021

How The Arab Spring Has Been Misunderstood

Westerners’ interpretations of events and Arabs’ perceptions of themselves are still muddled a decade after the Arab Spring.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Algeria, Arab Spring, Bahrain, Democracy Protests, Egypt, Libya, Middle East, Tunisia, Yemen

Rights Groups’ Open Letter Claims Bahrain Formula 1 Abuses

by DC Editors - March 27, 2021

Bahrain Formula 1 Abuses

Rights groups call on Formula 1 to investigate human rights violations in Bahrain and the company’s role in whitewashing the country’s rights record.

Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Arab Spring, Bahrain, Celebrity Politics, Democracy Protests, Middle East, Socialism and Labor

How Yemen’s Old Order Snuffed Out the Country’s Arab Spring

by DC Editors - March 21, 2021

Yemen’s Old Order

Ten years ago, Yemenis called for change but the old guard and foreign power’s backlash crushed those hopes giving Yemen war instead.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Arab Spring, Democracy Protests, Middle East, Yemen

10 Years Since Arab Spring, Repression Fails To Stop New Activism

by DC Editors - February 25, 2021

10 Years Since Arab Spring, Repression Fails To Stop New Activism

Although the Arab Spring largely failed with dictatorships still dominant in the Arab world new activism has not been stopped by repression.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Arab Spring, Democracy Protests, Middle East

Bahrain: 10 years on, pro-democracy movement crushed

by DC Editors - February 15, 2021

Bahrain: 10 years on, pro-democracy movement crushed

10 years on, the demo-optimism that drove the February 2011 movement for democracy in Bahrain as been crushed as the world looks on.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Arab Spring, Bahrain, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Middle East

A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast

by DC Editors - February 15, 2021

A Decade After the Arab Spring, Autocrats Still Rule the Mideast

Although the Arab Spring of early 2011 onwards largely failed, it gave the people of the Maghreb and Middle East an appetite for change.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Arab Spring, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Middle East

Debate Rages Around 10-Year Anniversary of Arab Spring

by DC Editors - January 29, 2021

10-Year Anniversary of Arab Spring

The chaotic, unpredictable and uneven fashion in which regimes collapsed shows that authoritarianism is highly fragile

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Arab Spring, Democracy Protests, Dictatorships, Election History, Middle East

10 Years On, Taking Stock of Tunisian Democracy

by DC Editors - January 18, 2021

Asking Tunisians what they thought of the perilous journey their country has made toward democracy—and what their hopes are for the future.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Arab Spring, Tunisia

Arab Spring 10 years on: What went wrong?

by DC Editors - December 20, 2020

Arab Spring 10 years on: What went wrong?

When the Arab Spring broke out there was much hope for reforms. However, a decade on, the hope that it would bring democracy to the Arab world looks lost.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Africa, Arab Spring, Democracy Protests, Middle East

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