This series examines the countries today from the perspective of our correspondents on the ground to see how the post-revolutionary countries have come full circle to their autocratic ways. The seeds ...

In Muammar Qaddafi’s Libya, people used to say, “We had one enemy.” Today, “people don’t know who their enemy is.” That is how Magda Mughrabi, a Libya researcher for Amnesty International, described ...

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The revolution that swept Muammar Gaddafi from power in east Libya has been a bonanza for bookstores as curious readers stock up on titles banned during his decades-long ...

Repression has permeated every sector of society, targeting journalists, civil society actors, women, and even ordinary citizens who express dissenting views. This statement was originally published ...

Syrian rebels stand on a picture of President Bashar al-Assad in the northern city of Aleppo on August 20, 2012. Fighting raged in Aleppo as rebels doggedly resisted a regime onslaught launched in the ...