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A Bahraini anti-government protester hiding behind old furniture, used as a shield, prepares to throw a petrol bomb towards riot police during clashes in Abu Saiba, Bahrain, near the capital, Manama, Friday, May 30, 2014. Nabeel Rajab: The problematic success of 'human rights' in the Arab world
Nabeel Rajab is an honest man. When he makes a promise, in my experience, you can count on him keeping it. So I, along with almost everyone else who knows him, was a bit surprised when upon his... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) Al Jazeera
Arab Spring   Bahrain Democracy   Human Rights   Photos   Wikipedia: Human rights in Bahrain
Al-Jazeera's acting bureau chief Mohammed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian, center, and Australian correspondent Peter Greste, center right, appear in a defendant cage along with other defendants during a trial on terrorism charges in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Prosecution wants maximum sentence for al-Jazeera journalists, including Australian
Cairo: Egypt's prosecution has called for the maximum sentence for al-Jazeera journalists – including Australian... (photo: AP / Ahmed Gamil) Sydney Morning Herald
Al Jazeera Journalists   Muslim Brotherhood   Photos   Protests in Egypt   Wikipedia: Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
In this file photo taken, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012 file photo, Nigeria secret service officers stand guard, during a court hearing in Lagos, Nigeria. Wearing disguise, Boko Haram slaughters hundreds
HARUNA UMAR Associated Press= MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — When men wearing military fatigues and carrying weapons showed up in pickup trucks, villagers thought Nigerian soldiers had finally come to... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) The Guardian
2014 Boko Haram attacks   Boko Haram in Borno   Photos   Terrorism in Nigeria   Wikipedia: Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
Bodies of people alleged to have been killed in a Friday attack on a town hall meeting of the Christian Igbo ethnic group lie on the floor in a hospital morgue in Mubi, in the Adamawa state of northern Nigeria, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. The town hall attack, which left at least 20 dead, is one of a string of deadly attacks claimed by radical Muslim sect Boko Haram. Boko Haram militants 'kill 200'
Boko Haram militants dressed as soldiers have killed at least 200 civilians in three communities in north-eastern Nigeria and the military failed to intervene even though it was warned an attack was... (photo: AP) Belfast Telegraph
Militant Attack   Nigeria   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Boko Haram
A police officer walks past an engine block of last Friday suicide bomber's vehicle by the wall of the state police headquarters in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. The radical Islamist group Boko Haram were responsible for the attack. Boko Haram Attack in Nigeria Killed 400 Villagers, Official Says
By Gbenga Akingbule Bloomberg News An attack by suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group left at least 400 people dead in three villages in northeastern Nigeria, according to a local... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Ohio
2014 Boko Haram attacks   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism in Nigeria   Wikipedia: Islamist insurgency in Nigeria
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