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Egypt: No Country for Old Generals

Army’s interference in judicial process bodes ill for democracy.

First Person

Gaddafi Must Kill Us All to Survive

Libyan tells of escape from Tripoli after arrest of his father and brothers.

International Justice/ICC: Dec ‘10/Jan '11

Member of international justice team assesses ICC move to investigate Libyan leader.

BBC Briefed on ICC Gaddafi Probe

Member of international justice team assesses ICC move to investigate Libyan leader.

Comment

Demands for Radical Political Change in Lebanon

New protest group campaigns for overhaul of system that appears the most democratic in the Arab world but has many significant flaws.

Comment

Divisions in Tunisia Over Continued Protests

Some want them to end so as to give the interim administration a chance, while others insist pressure must be kept up to bring about real change.

Iraq Protests Prompt Early Local Election Calls

Countrywide demonstrations over dismal services have already forced a number of officials to quit.

Sidi Bouzid residents blazed a trail for Tunisians desperate to better lives. (Photo: Susanne Fischer/IWPR)

IWPR Postcard

Birthplace of a Revolution

It's a nondescript, sleepy town miles away from anywhere, but Sidi Bouzid sparked the flames of rebellion across the Arab world.

Egyptians Lack Iranians' Need for Revenge

Protest rhetoric in Iran has fierce edge missing from Cairo rally.

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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