Egypt – a new dawn or a sunset on religious freedom?
The persecution of Coptic Christians raises serious questions about whether the “Arab Spring” is a new dawn or a sunset on religious freedom and tolerance.
The persecution of Coptic Christians raises serious questions about whether the “Arab Spring” is a new dawn or a sunset on religious freedom and tolerance.
The latest news from Egypt, where bloggers are being arrested and protesters are being shot with American-made teargas, in a haunting repeat of the Spring.
Ed Jacobs reports on the terrible trend of Christian persecution in post-revolutionary Egypt.
The model does indicate that there are grounds for optimism in Tunisia. The proportion of its working age adults who are young adults is xxx, which translates to a probability of liberal democracy of 0.48, or around one in two, similar to Chile’s probability as it democratised. Meanwhile Egypt, with its young-adult proportion of 0.48, translates to a probability of liberal democracy of 0.31 – less than one in three.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced his intention to stand down in September in a dramatic speech last night – yet will it be enough for the protesters?
All trains and internal state-airline flights across Egypt have been cancelled ahead of calls for a million-strong march in Cairo tomorrow, reports Seph Brown.