BEIRUT/AMMAN: The head of Syria’s top opposition body said Thursday he was ready to step down for the sake of unity among dissidents as a U.K.-based rights group said Syrian forces were launching a heavy assault to destroy the rebel-held town of Rastan. “I declare my resignation as soon as a replacement is found through elections or consensus,” Syrian National Council president Burhan Ghalioun told Reuters.
 
“I have not chosen this post for per...

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ALGIERS: Algeria’s legislative elections saw women take almost a third of the seats, making the national assembly the most gender-balanced in the region, but activists say the battle is far from won.
 
According to official results made public Wednesday, 143 of the enlarged national assembly’s 462 seats will be occupied by women, up from a representation of only 7 percent in the outgoing house.
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The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are extremely concerned about the continued deterioration of the health status of jailed prominent human rights defenders Abdulhadi Al Khawaja and hold the Government of Bahrain directly responsible for his life and for any health damage he sustains.
 
Currently, there are protests all over Bahrain demandin...

Les femmes se sont massivement impliquées dès le départ dans l’élan populaire libératoire en Tunisie, en Égypte, en Lybie, au Yémen, en Syrie et à Bahreïn. Elles se trouvent aujourd’hui à un tournant où bilan et stratégie sont les maîtres mots pour réinventer un féminisme post-révolution.

Les militantes et sympathisantes de l’émancipation féminine mesuraient pourtant les conséquences de la chute de régimes ayant bâillonné les...