Middle East
Iraq: Feb/Mar '11 Part I
IWPR/IREX conference in Erbil underlines importance of open access to information.
Iraq Event Hears Calls for Media Law Amendment
IWPR/IREX conference in Erbil underlines importance of open access to information.
Demands for Radical Political Change in Lebanon
New protest group campaigns for overhaul of system that appears the most democratic in the Arab world but has many significant flaws.
Iraq Protests Prompt Early Local Election Calls
Countrywide demonstrations over dismal services have already forced a number of officials to quit.
Egyptians Lack Iranians' Need for Revenge
Protest rhetoric in Iran has fierce edge missing from Cairo rally.
Iran: Ahmadinejad Alienates Key Protector
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei may finally be losing patience with wayward president.
Muted Response to Iranian Subsidy Cuts
No protests as fuel and food prices rise at start of long-awaited subsidy reforms.
Shia Clerics Oppose Baghdad Rally
Religious leaders join government in opposing central Baghdad demonstration.
Sulaimaniyah in Eye of Storm
Iraqi Kurdistan city seeing growing number of protests, with demonstrators demanding an end to corruption, nepotism and better services.