Most Arab States have increasing poverty, unemployment, and illiteracy rates. The quality of education, healthcare, and social safety-nets for the poor and elderly are falling. lack of democracy and repressive governments limits the West’s ability to help out. A distinguished Egyptian political scientist, Amr Hamzawy, who is also Research Director and Senior Associate Middle East [...]

US Attorney, C. Peter Erlinder, claiming to be a lawyer representing Victoire Ingabire, entered Rwanda on 27 May 2010, and was arrested by authorities under the country’s genocide ideology laws the following day, on 28 May. Ingabire stands accused of having ties to FDLR, a UN-listed terrorist group that advocates the resumption of the Rwandan [...]