For a year Algeria has been rocked by a peaceful mass movement, the Hirak. In April 2019 it forced president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step down after 20 years in power, after he proposed to stand for a 5th term. It then forced the postponement of two presidential elections, in April and July, because people refused…
The Covid-19 pandemic has created another opportunity for the Saudi state to intensify attacks on the country’s Shi’a minority, writes Ameen Nemer. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online On 8 March 2020, the same…
Helen Patuck met Khaled a year ago while working in Syria. Here he shares a message of solidarity and practical advice on how to keep hopes up when it isn’t safe to leave home. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating…
Palestinian activist Zeinab al-Hajj talks to Helen Patuck about the wave of protests which took place last year across the refugee camps This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online Why now?” Zeinab al-Hajj asks about…
The revolt in Lebanon has brought thousands into the streets demanding change. Helen Patuck asks Sophie Chamas if it will expand to include demands for justice for the millions who are not Lebanese citizens. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating…
For the past year, a massive popular movement has repeatedly shaken Algeria. Shelagh Smith draws up a balance sheet. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online On 12 December 2019 a new president was declared…
A year after the revolution forced out dictator El Bashir Sudan’s activists are bracing themselves for the pandemic, report Anne Alexander and Irang Bak. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online A year ago Sudan’s…
This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online On 15 January 2020, Israel and Egypt announced that Egypt was beginning importing natural gas from Israel. According to Reuters, the agreement entails Israel exporting to Egypt 85.3…
This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online For a region struggling with ongoing wars, conflicts and sanctions, and the toll of perpetual economic and political instability, the spread of Covid-19 poses a major threat to…
Palestinian activists Manar Raje and Haya Abu Shukhaidem speak to Oisin Challen Flyn about the growing movement over violence against women in Palestine. This is an article from the current issue of Middle East Solidarity magazine – help us continue our work by donating £2 for a digital copy online Across Palestine a new slogan…
Years of blockade have left people highly vulnerable to the impact of Covid-19 Gaza resident Ibtisam tells Dave Clinch. Ibtisam began by telling me that there were two reported cases of Coronavirus in Gaza. Because of the blockade since 2006 the health system is extremely weak. There are only sixty ventilators at the moment in…
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Dockers in Genoa are mobilising to try once again to stop the loading of war materials on the Bahri Yanbu, a Saudi ship which Amnesty International says is part of a fleet that has ferried millions of dollars of arms to the war in Yemen. The latest news from Genoa indicates that the ship will…
Medical staff at Aqeirbat hospital in the countryside near Idlib in Syria staged a desperate protest on 6 February in a bid to draw attention to the destruction of health care facilities and hospitals. They carried banners inviting António Guterres, the UN Secretary General to visit Idlib and “see for himself” a rapidly growing list…
Since October 1st 2019, protesters demanding an end to corruption in Iraq have camped in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, while tens of thousands have joined mass demonstrations calling for radical political and social change. A major theme of the protests has been opposition to the influence of the Iranian regime over Iraq’s political system, but demonstrators…
