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Will Assad Concessions Defuse Revolt?

There’s much scepticism over his pledge to remove hated emergency law and introduce other reforms.

Tunisians Bemoan Lack of Progress

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.

Shia Iraqis took to the streets last month to call for regime change in Bahrain, where the government has been accused of human rights abuses in its crackdown on the opposition. Iraqi support for Bahrain's Shia majority has drawn controversy domestically and angered the Gulf states, which have called for the upcoming Iraq-hosted Arab summit to be cancelled. (Photo: IWPR)

Storm Over Iraqi Shia Support for Bahraini Opposition

Iraq’s Sunni politicians and Gulf states express disquiet at the criticism of the Bahrain authorities’ crackdown.

Demonstrators mount platforms to shout political slogans. (Photo: Ammar Al Shahbander/IWPR)

Photo Essay

Tahrir Protesters Keep Up the Pressure

Mubarak may be gone, but Egyptians continue to flock to Cairo’s main square to urge reforms.

The remnants of a statue of Saddam Hussein, famously pulled down on April 9, 2003, have become one of Baghdad’s landmarks. The statue stood in Firdos square in front of the14 July mosque. Firdos square has served as one of the primary locations for protests over a plethora of issues in recent years. (Photo: Hazim al-Sharaa/IWPR)

Photo Essay

Baghdad - Eight Years After Saddam

Progress has been slow, with the country strill riven by social, economic and security problems.

Syrian activists making more effective use of social media like Twitter, but the authorities are not far behind.

First Person

Syrian Conflict Played Out on Social Media

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

IWPR Insight

Egyptian Army Still Casts Long Shadow

First Person

Syria's Not-So-Secret Police

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

First Person

Karbala Uprising Remembered

Former fighter recalls the brutally-suppressed rebellion against Saddam regime two decades ago.

Global Voices: Middle East & North Africa

The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Araceli cries while talking about her brother who disappeared along the border and whose remains were repatriated. © Andrea Godínez

Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

A search for family members gone missing in Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, forensic examiner at the Pima County morgue, inside the trailer that holds the remains of migrants who perished along the border. © Andrea Godínez

Gene Hernández, a forensic medical investigator in Pima County, holds the skull of a deceased migrant. © Andrea Godínez

Román Coc holds photos of his daughter Laura, who disappeared in the Arizona desert 13 years ago. © Andrea Godínez

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

There are no statistics on cases of femicide - the killing of women on the grounds of hatred of women, with the acquiescence of the state - in Uzbekistan.

Artwork by Mays Al-Saray.

'Hope of Mother', an organization led by Lisbeth Surita, has registered 48 cases of Venezuelans missing in the border regions.

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