First Person

Libyan Expats Mobilise to Help Refugees

Activist visits southern Tunisia to find out how best to help those displaced by the conflict.

17 May 11

Artist whose song became the anthem for the uprising describes how people’s fear of expressing themselves has vanished.

12 May 11

New impetus given to non-violent campaign against Israeli occupation.

9 May 11

Activist says her protest was intended to draw attention to authorities’ crackdown and the fate of detained family members.

3 May 11

Trade union members, journalists and opposition parties are being systematically silenced by the authorities.

26 Apr 11

Measures taken by king helping manage discontent – but he has to do much more if he wants monarchy to survive.

21 Apr 11

President of Bahraini group says he will continue to campaign against torture and unfair imprisonment, despite intimidation by the security forces.

18 Apr 11

With ex-members of regime yet to be tried, an economy in trouble and a pervading sense of lawlessness, many Tunisians are voting with their feet.

18 Apr 11

The authorities appear to have become as adept as the activists in exploiting the likes of Facebook and Twitter.

13 Apr 11

The intelligence service infiltrates every aspect of the lives of foreign visitors and locals.

12 Apr 11

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