2011 was a year without precedent for the peoples of the Middle East and North Africa region. It was a year in which millions of people of all ages and backgrounds flooded on to the streets to demand change. Dubbed the “Arab Spring”, in fact the protests brought together in common cause people from many different communities. This report describes the events of this tumultuous year, one which saw much suffering and sadness but also spread hope within the region and beyond, to countries where other people face repression and everyday abuse of their human rights.
Middle East and North Africa: Year of rebellion: The state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Topics
- Algeria
- Armed Conflict
- Arms Trade
- Bahrain
- Censorship and Freedom of Expression
- Death Penalty
- Detention
- Disappearances
- Discrimination
- Domestic Violence
- Egypt
- Impunity
- Internally Displaced People
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Jordan
- Justice Systems
- Killings and Disappearances
- Kuwait
- LGBTI Rights
- Libya
- Middle East and North Africa
- Migrants
- Morocco and Western Sahara
- Oman
- Palestine (State of)
- Poverty
- Prisoners of Conscience
- Protests and Demonstrations
- Refugees
- Report
- Research
- Saudi Arabia
- Sexual Violence
- Slums and the Right to Housing
- Syria
- Torture and other ill-treatment
- Tunisia
- United Arab Emirates
- Women and Girls
- Women's Rights
- Yemen