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ARAB SPRING • A REVOLUTIONARY wave of demonstrations for DEMOCRACY and against DICTATORS occurring across much of the ARAB world that began in 2010 and is on- going in many Arab countries.
ARAB SPRING• AREVOLUTIONARYwaveofdemonstrationsforDEMOCRACYandagainstDICTATORSoccurringacrossmuchoftheARABworldthatbeganin2010andison-goinginmanyArabcountries.
Causes of the Arab Spring• NoVOTE/NoVOICE• REPRESSIONbyGovernment/
HumanRIGHTSViolations• FAILINGEconomy/HIGHUNEMPLOYMENT• YOUNGPOPULATION• GovernmentCORRUPTION
TheArabSpringprotestshavesharedtechniquesofCIVILRESISTANCEinsustainedcampaignsinvolvingstrikes,demonstrations,marchesandrallies,aswellastheuseofSOCIALMEDIAtoorganize,communicate,andraiseawarenessinthefaceofstateattemptsatrepressionandInternetCENSORSHIP&SPYING.
ManyArabSpringdemonstrationshavemetVIOLENTresponsesfromauthorities,aswellasfrompro-governmentmilitiasandcounter-demonstrators.
Libya
Egypt
Manyoftheorganizersoftheprotestsweretrackeddownbysecretpolice,ARRESTED,TORTUREDandevenEXECUTEDfordaringtoSPEAKOUTagainsttheirdictator.
AmajorsloganofthedemonstratorsintheArabworldhasbeenash-shab yuridisqat an-nizam ("thePEOPLEwanttobringDOWNtheREGIME").
What Next?Sharia? Democracy? Theocracy?
• BecausetheArabSpringhasNOTputforwardsleaderstoreplacethedictatorswhowerekickedout,itisUNCLEARwhatkindsofgovernmentswillcometopower.
People voting for the very first time in Tunisia
Conflictanduncertaintycontinues• Syria iscurrentlyinacivilwarinvolvingtherebelmilitiatryingtooverthrowthecorruptleaderAssad,theSyriangovernment&militaryforces,andISIS.
• Egypt iscurrentlyhasapresidentialrepublicandhelditsfirstfreeelectionin2014.
• Yemen iscurrentlyatransitionalgovernmentwithtemporaryleaders.Onthevergeofwar.
• Tunisia iscurrentlyaparliamentaryrepublicandhasheld2freeelections.
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