From the growing calls for reform in Morocco, along the Atlantic Ocean, to the tiny Facebook organized protest in Beijing, the spirit of revolution appears to have sparked in tiny Tunisia and swept across the entire Eastern Hemisphere like a tsunami, leaving growing unrest and confused regimes in its wake. Here are just some of the many protests spanning the region (roughly starting in the West and moving East)
- Morocco: Thousands take to the streets of Rabat and Casablanca demanding the king give up many of his powers.
- Algeria: Several injured as police broke up protests in central Algiers.
- Tunisia: Seeks the extradition of their former dictator to charge him with crimes related to the crackdown.
- Libya: Seriously? Too much stuff to mention in a single blurb.
- East Libya: Virtually a separate country at this point.
- Albania: Still facing growing unrest.
- Egypt: Strikes linger despite Mubarak’s ouster.
- Syria: Struggling to buy off growing protests with cash payments.
- Jordan: Eight injured as protests continue.
- Iraq: Protests across the south and in Iraqi Kurdistan.
- Iran: Major police presence, protests planned for later in the week.
- Bahrain: Protesters are still there, despite government crackdowns.
- Pakistan: Threats for revolution if govt releases Raymond Davis.
- China: Govt censors foreign news. Small protest at Beijing McDonalds.
