Arab Spring

Barack Obama Reminds GOP Critics He Did Not Start Arab Spring

The president fired back at GOP presidential candidates who claim he wanted to oust Arab strongmen.
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This Lebanese Band Confronts Sexual And Political Oppression Through Their Music

Mashrou Leila debuts in cities across the U.S. and Canada this month.
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Thousands Of Lebanese Protestors Met With Tear Gas And Gunfire In Beirut

By Zeina Karam, AP

How To Outsmart Countries Blocking Social Media

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After Approving Spy Gear For Egypt, Obama Admin Cozies Up To Regime

Activists are nervous about what an advanced American surveillance system could do to their already diminished freedoms.
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Human Rights in Bahrain, a Casualty of Obama's Double-Standard

The U.S. is obstructing justice, perpetuating human rights violations and supporting a leader who, like Assad, has turned his back on his own people and lied to the world about it.
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George Ayittey: How to Defeat a Dictator

Ghanaian economist George Ayittey attended the Oslo Freedom Forum in May. There, he sat down with me to talk about defeating dictators.
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