Controversial Algerian Vote Weak Turnout Might Reflect People’s New Rejection of Government Reform
Middle East articles on Democracy Chronicles
View news about the struggle for democracy in the troubled Middle East where vast cultural change and persistent political violence cry out for democracy. Also see our World Democracy section and our articles on the ongoing Arab Spring.
Freedom Brought by Arab Spring Overwhelms Newly Freed Media
Freedom Brought by Arab Spring: Will Arab Media be Given the Room and Time it Needs For Growth?
Bahrain Dictatorship Urged to Free Twitter Democracy Activist
Bahrain Dictatorship Urged to halt Active Repression as Pro-Democracy Protests Grow
Yemen’s New Government Attempts to Rein in Powerful Military
One of the Four Arab Dictatorships to Fall, Yemen’s New Government Navigates Dangerous Waters
Arab Spring on Fire as Syria Violence Threatens Civil War
International Community Divided as Mass Arrests and Increasingly Vile Syria Violence Threatens Civil War Between Dictatorship and Rebels Escalating Attacks
Bahrain Hunger Striker Puts More Pressure on King
Bahrain Hunger Striker Contends With Oil Dictatorship on Assault From All Sides as Democracy Protest Movement Builds
Palestinian Hunger Striker Focuses Opposition to Israel
Thousands More Prisoner Threaten to Join Palestinian Hunger Striker Amid Landscape of Arab Spring
Human Rights Groups Call on UAE to Free Opposition
Turbulent Waters of Arab Spring Have Not Spared Emirates as Rights Groups Call on UAE for Clemency
Egyptian Presidential Race Sees New Twists
El Baradei Starts New Opposition Party as Hardline Islamists Back New Candidate for Egyptian Presidential Race
Iraqi Opposition Parties Call For Better Democracy
Iraqi Opposition Parties Call for Gathering Without Prime Minister Include Shiite, Sunni and Kurd