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Search Results for: Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali

Tunisia seeks extradition of ousted president

February 21, 2011 02:46:48 PM

The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday submitted a formal request to Saudi Arabian authorities to extradite ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali following the...

February 21, 2011 10:04:17 AM

The Libyan government is considering adopting a constitution and allowing greater freedoms, Saif al-Islam, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi , announced Monday in a televised address following several days of protests. In the address, Saif al-Islam...

February 18, 2011 03:39:27 PM

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for an end to violence against protesters in Bahrain, referencing recent attempts to quell protests sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa . Ban said...

February 17, 2011 01:07:25 PM

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday released a report asserting new evidence that the the Supreme Military Council of Egypt has been torturing protester-detainees. Through various detainee accounts, AI stated that individuals were tortured "to intimidate protesters...

February 15, 2011 02:57:17 PM

The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces announced Tuesday that it has formed a committee of judges and politicians to oversee amending the Egyptian constitution within the next 10 days. When the council assumed power on Sunday,...

February 13, 2011 09:49:29 AM

The Egyptian military announced Sunday that it suspended the constitution and will run the country until an election is held in six months. The television announcement marked the first time that the military had publicly...

February 9, 2011 12:49:58 PM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday that Arab governments are using violence to crack down on protests inspired by the unrest in Egypt. According to the report, public gatherings in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,...

February 4, 2011 09:20:58 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday called on Egyptian authorities to immediately release lawyers, journalists and human rights activists who have been arrested and for the government to investigate whether the...

February 2, 2011 09:04:43 AM

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday praised the efforts of Egyptian protesters while repeating concerns over casualties , calling on the nation's leaders to give citizens the democratic reform they...

February 2, 2011 07:15:14 AM

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an end to police attacks and an investigation into the deaths of protesters in Tunisia. The protest movement in Tunisia ousted former president Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali ,...

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