Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robert Stefanicki WARSAW, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – President Alexander Lukashenko has locked most of his rivals in jail, but the Belarus opposition continues to work diligently to isolate the dictator. The December 2010 elections left Lukashenko – president of Belarus since 1994 – at helm for [...]
Fresh Fatalities as Syrians Brave Crackdown
May 27, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA, May 27, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – At least three people have been killed in Qatana, a suburb of the capital Damascus, after Syrian security forces used live fire to disperse hundreds of anti-government demonstrators, activists say. According to Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reporting from [...]
Syria’s Crackdown Undermines Claim for Seat on Human Rights Council
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – When the General Assembly meets on May 20 to elect 15 new members for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the four candidates from the Asian Group – India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Syria – were until now considered [...]
SYRIA: Deraa a City Under a Dark Siege
April 29, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents * DOHA and DAMASCUS, Syria, Apr 29, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – As darkness fell across it, Deraa was a city under siege. Tanks and troops control all roads in and out. Inside the city, shops are shuttered and nobody dare walk the once bustling market streets, [...]
BAHRAIN: U.S. Keeps Quiet over Repression
April 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Apr 13, 2011 (IPS) – If President Barack Obama wanted to place Washington "on the right side of history" during the ongoing "Arab Spring", his reaction to recent events in Bahrain will likely make that far more difficult, according to a growing number of [...]
Deadly Crackdown on Bahrain Protesters
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* MANAMA, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – At least two people are dead and hundreds injured after security forces in Bahrain drove out pro-democracy protesters from the Pearl Roundabout in the capital, Manama. Helicopters hovered overhead as troops backed by tanks stormed the site – the [...]
Rights Group Urges Probe of Bahraini Crackdown
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – A leading rights group here condemned actions taken by Bahraini security forces in suppressing peaceful protests in recent weeks, including the deaths of seven Bahraini citizens in the last fortnight, and called for a "transparent and independent investigation into [...]
Iran Steps Up Crackdown on Opposition Leaders
February 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Omid Memarian SAN FRANCISCO, U.S., Feb 22, 2011 (IPS) – On Monday night, Iranian security agents raided the home of opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, separating him from his wife, searching his house and arresting his son, Ali Karroubi, according to the local media outlet Saham News. Karroubi’s [...]
Now Gaddafi Makes the Same Mistake
February 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Emad Mekay CAIRO, Feb 23, 2011 (IPS) – The brutal response by Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi against pro- democracy protestors in the country indicates his determination not to leave office without a bloody battle, but his moves follow the path that eventually led to ouster of [...]
LIBYA: Gaddafi Hits Out With Deadly Force
February 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Emad Mekay CAIRO, Feb 20, 2011 (IPS) – Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gaddafi has unleashed the bloodiest crackdown so far against pro-democracy protestors seeking his ouster, killing dozens of people in only four days of protests. On Sunday the unrest spread to capital Tripoli from the eastern port [...]
