Families of jailed dissidents in Bahrain appeal to Pope Francis to speak out against human rights abuses perpetrated by the ruling Al-Khalifa regime during his upcoming trip to the Persian Gulf country.

An imprisoned Bahraini Shia cleric is physically abused at Bahrain’s notorious Jau Prison, en route to a medical appointment.

Thousands of people took to the streets of Tunis to reiterate their demand for a return to the normal democratic rule.

In February 1979, after demonstrators briefly attacked the US embassy in Tehran, preparing to leave the country an American declared: “We used to run this country. Now we don’t even run our own embassy”.”

Thousands of protesters take to streets of central Tunis, chanting anti-government slogans, following a presidential decree published on the official gazette.  

Thousands of Tunisians protest against Tunisia’s President Kais Saied in a demonstration marking the anniversary of a 2011 uprising, amid outrage over his seizure of power in July.

Najla Bouden Romdhane is a little-known university professor who worked at the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.