Sharif Abdel Kouddous | The Nation

Two years after the Arab Spring came to Bahrain, protesters are still fighting rampant human rights abuses—a bloody battle that isn't likely to end anytime soon.

Two years after the uprising in Bahrain began, protesters are still dying in the streets as the rest of the world looks the other way.

Port Said is a city in full rebellion against the unreformed security forces of the young nation.

Clashes across the country have put the legitimacy of the Morsi government in question.

Seven people are dead and more than 670 were injured in the violence, as several officials resign in protest.

A sweeping presidential decree to extend his own authority and push through a new constutution has sparked protest in the streets of Cairo—and unified Morsi’s opposition.

Civilians pay the heaviest toll in Gaza, and when the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas put an end to the violence, thousands took to the street to celebrate.

Despite the brutal last hours of the barrage, Gazans are celebrating the cease-fire as a victory.

The newly elected Egyptian president, at the center of cease-fire talks between Hamas and Israel, is under heavy domestic and international pressure from all sides.

From freedom of religion to women’s equality, civil society and human rights groups warn that crucial rights are being poorly defined—or threatened.