You are in the 222th Witness Revolution diary, bearing witness to pro-democracy movements in North Africa, the Middle East and beyond. We aim here to simply report, from as many reliable worldwide resources as possible, on the successes, challenges or failures of the brave people striving against oppression for representative democracy with civil and human rights. One small bit of assurance that they do not strive in obscurity. Please see the 200th edition where participants shared what this series means to them.
TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
EGYPT
Attacks on Tahrir on August first by the Army and Police. This is from the Kasr-El Nil entrance to the Square
ISRAEL
What started out as a protest and boycott of cottage cheese because of its high price, has now led to mass demonstrations across the country of Israel, against the lack of affordable housing, high price of mortgages, education; lack of work for university graduates. Doctors and nurses on strike. Israel has joined the Arab, Middle east revolution.
SYRIA
Saying farewell to a husband who was killed by the forces of the fascist alawite baath party military dictatorship of Bashar Assad.
The human cost and the pain experienced by the Syrian population from the countless crimes against humanity commited by Bashar Assad is simply staggering .
These people are being shot down in the streets like animals for the crime of demanding Freedom and Democracy .
Large anti-Assad protests in Rastan neighborhood (Homs)
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