Two news first: According to a statement by the Algerian Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, the lifting of the state of emergency in force for nineteen years (1992) in Algeria, should intervene at the end of this month of February 2011. - We also learn that the Tunisian President Ben Ali deposed suffered a stroke and was in a coma at the hospital in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia). But this information has yet to be confirmed [it is now].
LIBYA
This Thursday, February 17, 2011, a "Day of Wrath" is announced in Libya (especially on Facebook
). The Nouvel Observateur reports (with AP ): Libya seems to turn earned by the winds of Arab protest. Early Wednesday morning, the second largest city, Benghazi was the scene of clashes between security forces and hundreds of demonstrators denouncing the regime of Muammar Gaddafi . [...] A Zentani in the south (120km south of Tripoli), hundreds of people marched through the streets and burned the headquarters of security forces and a police station, according to witnesses cited by Fatih al-Warfali. They then set up camp in the heart of the city, chanting "the people want to overthrow the regime." According A the Jazeera, "at least two people were killed during clashes between Libyan security forces and demonstrators in the city of Bayda, east of Benghazi [...] The victims' names are Khaled and Ahmad Al Naji Khanfar Shoushaniya. "[ live blog ] It appears - for now [16:00, local time] - the Day of Wrath has not (yet) started, while the Western media have advertised with large securities, which are currently more discrete [at 15:12, BFM announces another "crucial day in Libya."] - Indeed, this day has been launched on Facebook . But as we learn
World , if the country is "very adept mobile", the "penetration" of the fixed Internet is only "5.5%" [ link on the African statistics ]. In addition, public access (internet cafes) are monitored. Citing the Open Net Initiative , the newspaper wrote that "Internet filtering is selective, concentrated on a few websites of political opposition." - The hashtags on Twitter are
# Benghazi
# 17feb , libya #, # dayofanger . On the live blog
of Al Jazeera ). - The
World , if the country is "very adept mobile", the "penetration" of the fixed Internet is only "5.5%" [ link on the African statistics ]. In addition, public access (internet cafes) are monitored. Citing the Open Net Initiative , the newspaper wrote that "Internet filtering is selective, concentrated on a few websites of political opposition." - The hashtags on Twitter are
# Benghazi
# 17feb , libya #, # dayofanger . On the live blog
of Al Jazeera ). - The
AFP reports that six people were killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in the coastal city of Benghazi (Source: websites of opposition). - Abdullah, a witness in Benghazi, told Al Jazeera he saw six unarmed protesters killed by police bullets. He also said the government has released 30 prisoners, who were paid and armed to fight people on the street. "
Tonight 's paper
Arte
specifies that no Western reporter is present on the territory of Libya: blackout! We also learn that Colonel Gaddafi released hundreds of jailed Islamists, and has lowered the prices of essential commodities. As Algeria, Libya can count on his great wealth to control oil prices. The next day (Friday, 18 -02 to 2011), the results of this Day of Wrath given by Al Jazeera is heavy: at least 24 people were killed ! (Source: Human Rights Watch ). - By Hassan El Amin, Al Mostaqbal Arte
Libya, there were 75 dead and hundreds injured in recent violence against the protesters Libyan! - Here's a video posted Friday by Euronews :
[Update
] Contradictory information tonight (18-02-2011) in the German weekly Die Zeit that s' presses a report of the British daily The Guardian : The protesters have taken control of several towns in eastern Libya, including Al Bayda the third largest city, the army had evacuated. Al Jazeera by cons, reported that soldiers had taken up the fight. According to the Reuters agency [link to the live blog above], 20,000 people camped around a court in Benghazi, where a radio station was burned down. The video below shows it (would) the crowd after Friday prayers:
, protesters have received assistance from local police. In this city of Al Bayda, witnesses reported the deaths of at least 30 protesters since yesterday (Thursday 17-02-2011). - Not to remember the place, I also heard today that two policemen were lynched by the crowd made [
place is Al Bayda
]! - For the latest news provided by Al Jazeera Suite: [19 February 2011
YEMEN summarizes the situation Yemen:
Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday
[16-02-2011] Violent clashes erupted on Wednesday
demonstrators against the regime and police in southern Yemen, killing two people, when hundreds of protesters were scattered clubbed in the capital Sanaa by supporters of President Ali Abdallah Saleh. The day was bloody in Aden, the main southern city. Two protesters were killed and two wounded in clashes between security forces and hundreds of protesters demanding the departure of Ali Abdullah Saleh, in power for 32 years in the impoverished and unstable in the Arabian Peninsula and a best- Key to Washington in its fight against al-Qaida. [...] Meanwhile in Sanaa, hundreds of students have tried, for the fourth consecutive day, walking on the presidential palace on the Place Sabiine before being brutally chased by supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh, armed with clubs, knives and stones. These have worked hard on students when they are out of university, chanting "The people want to do the fall of the regime," according to an AFP correspondent on the spot. Protesters responded by throwing stones at their attackers, who then continued onto the campus, where police fired shots into the air to disperse both sides. At least ten students were injured, according to the head of the Union of University Students, Radwan Massoud. Further clashes are reported to Sanaa and Aden (source: BFM). - A summary of RFI : Violent clashes erupted Thursday, February 17, 2011 in Sanaa and Aden during demonstrations against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, killing at least one death in the capital, and at least four died in Aden. In Sanaa, the capital, the 7th day of the student demonstrations against President some 2,000 demonstrators were attacked when they leave the campus by supporters of the ruling party. Tension remained high in the evening when shots were heard in several neighborhoods.
Unlike Libya, Yemen is one of the poorest countries in Africa with a GDP of $ 2,500 per capita (cons $ 14,200 per capita. Libya!) . Power has not used the oil windfall to ease the misery of people.
[ discount ] Point summarizes the situation this Friday (18-02-2011): Clashes erupted Friday in Yemen security forces to crowds of protesters in several cities demanding the end of the regime of President Ali Abdallah Saleh. - At least four people were killed and dozens wounded. - According to the pan-Arab television channel Al Jazeera, three protesters were killed and dozens wounded during a shootout in Aden in the south, where opposition to Saleh is very strong. - Thousands of protesters gathered in various districts of Aden after the death of six people earlier in the week. They chanted slogans against the president such as "Listen, Ali, people want you to go." - The Yemeni leader, aged 68 and in power for 32 years, has promised not to stand at the expiration of his current term, in 2013, and not to try not to hand over power to his son. - Tens of thousands of opponents were also gathered in the city of Taiz, 200 km south of the capital, Sanaa. A man has been killed and seven others were wounded by a grenade thrown from a car against an opposition rally, witnesses said. - "Down with the dictator, down oppression," chanted the demonstrators massed for days about the place Hourria (Freedom), the example of those who stayed two weeks on Tahrir Square in Cairo before obtaining the departure of President Hosni Mubarak. There are also reports of rioting in the city of Djibiouti (source: TV5 ) BAHRAIN
L'Express reported on events in Bahrain: A thousand Shiite demonstrators inspired uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt met Wednesday in central Manama, the capital of Bahrain, to pay their last tribute to one of their number killed in clashes with forces of order. Matrouk Fadel was killed Tuesday in separate incidents that marked the funeral of a previous victim disorders, a young man of 22 years killed on Monday. [...] Thousands of demonstrators spent the night in a makeshift camp on the Place de la Perle, and are attempting to make the symbol of their movement in the image of Tahrir Square in Cairo . Police held a distance. - In a televised address, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Tuesday presented its condolences to the families of two victims - " two of our precious son
," he said - and promised that a commission would be the day on circumstances of their deaths. - The United States expressed deep concern at violence shake this small Gulf kingdom, where the Fifth Fleet is based in the U.S. Navy. Bahrain is also an important banking center in the region. - "
We call on all parties to exercise restraint and to refrain from violence ," said the spokesman of the State Department, PJ Crowley. [...]
Friday, trying to avoid a radicalization of the movement King announced the payment of an allowance of 1,000 dinars (2,000 euros) to each family. - Unlike the oil monarchies of the Gulf, Bahrain, half of the 1.3 million population consists of expatriates, not resources unlimited financial. - Major events in the Gulf island state could have a ripple effect on the Shiite community in Saudi Arabia neighbor also marginalized, analysts believe.
Manama on Wednesday evening (image: al jazeera )
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, peaceful demonstrators who camped on the place of Pearl (Pearl roundabout) Manama were attacked without warning by the police to tear gas and rubber bullets [Ca 3:30, local time ](*). At least two protesters were killed (one was 23, another 55 years), and there were many wounded. (source: Al Jazeera ) - The hashtags on Twitter is # bahrain - At last count, there were a hundred wounded at least after the police brutality. Point
summarizes the situation this morning (with the
live blog] Unlike Libya, Yemen is one of the poorest countries in Africa with a GDP of $ 2,500 per capita (cons $ 14,200 per capita. Libya!) . Power has not used the oil windfall to ease the misery of people.
[ discount ] Point summarizes the situation this Friday (18-02-2011): Clashes erupted Friday in Yemen security forces to crowds of protesters in several cities demanding the end of the regime of President Ali Abdallah Saleh. - At least four people were killed and dozens wounded. - According to the pan-Arab television channel Al Jazeera, three protesters were killed and dozens wounded during a shootout in Aden in the south, where opposition to Saleh is very strong. - Thousands of protesters gathered in various districts of Aden after the death of six people earlier in the week. They chanted slogans against the president such as "Listen, Ali, people want you to go." - The Yemeni leader, aged 68 and in power for 32 years, has promised not to stand at the expiration of his current term, in 2013, and not to try not to hand over power to his son. - Tens of thousands of opponents were also gathered in the city of Taiz, 200 km south of the capital, Sanaa. A man has been killed and seven others were wounded by a grenade thrown from a car against an opposition rally, witnesses said. - "Down with the dictator, down oppression," chanted the demonstrators massed for days about the place Hourria (Freedom), the example of those who stayed two weeks on Tahrir Square in Cairo before obtaining the departure of President Hosni Mubarak. There are also reports of rioting in the city of Djibiouti (source: TV5 ) BAHRAIN
L'Express reported on events in Bahrain: A thousand Shiite demonstrators inspired uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt met Wednesday in central Manama, the capital of Bahrain, to pay their last tribute to one of their number killed in clashes with forces of order. Matrouk Fadel was killed Tuesday in separate incidents that marked the funeral of a previous victim disorders, a young man of 22 years killed on Monday. [...] Thousands of demonstrators spent the night in a makeshift camp on the Place de la Perle, and are attempting to make the symbol of their movement in the image of Tahrir Square in Cairo . Police held a distance. - In a televised address, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Tuesday presented its condolences to the families of two victims - " two of our precious son
," he said - and promised that a commission would be the day on circumstances of their deaths. - The United States expressed deep concern at violence shake this small Gulf kingdom, where the Fifth Fleet is based in the U.S. Navy. Bahrain is also an important banking center in the region. - "
We call on all parties to exercise restraint and to refrain from violence ," said the spokesman of the State Department, PJ Crowley. [...]
Friday, trying to avoid a radicalization of the movement King announced the payment of an allowance of 1,000 dinars (2,000 euros) to each family. - Unlike the oil monarchies of the Gulf, Bahrain, half of the 1.3 million population consists of expatriates, not resources unlimited financial. - Major events in the Gulf island state could have a ripple effect on the Shiite community in Saudi Arabia neighbor also marginalized, analysts believe.
Manama on Wednesday evening (image: al jazeera )
On the night of Wednesday to Thursday, peaceful demonstrators who camped on the place of Pearl (Pearl roundabout) Manama were attacked without warning by the police to tear gas and rubber bullets [Ca 3:30, local time ](*). At least two protesters were killed (one was 23, another 55 years), and there were many wounded. (source: Al Jazeera ) - The hashtags on Twitter is # bahrain - At last count, there were a hundred wounded at least after the police brutality. Point
summarizes the situation this morning (with the
[ Update] This Friday evening, police were again fired at demonstrators in Manama after nightfall, killing at least 66 injured by Al Jazeera .
(*) French time two
(*) French time two
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