The Arab Spring is not a failure

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1. A view from Bahrain
   

   While the government continues to repress human rights and the political opposition, it has taken several steps to ease tensions....

2. Requiem for BICI
   

   Sixth chapter of new Arab Digest / Global Policy Journal e-book argues that the promise of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry to examine the violence of 2011 has nearly been forgotten....

3. Egypt: The impact
   

   The struggle for power in Egypt continues, with rival mass rallies planned today 12 July, probably continuing in the evening following the iftar (sunset meal to break the Ramadan fast). The government installed by the army under President Adli Mansur and Prime Minister Hisham al-Beblawi has continued to accuse the leadership of the Muslim Brotherhood of responsibility for the violence on 8 July which left 51 dead....

4. Kuwait
   

   Last month three Kuwaiti members of parliament resigned when the National Assembly rejected their request to grill the prime minister on allegations that he gave cash handouts to a number of MPs. A few days later, two more, including the only woman in the 50-member house, resigned in protest against what they described as a breach of the Kuwaiti constitution and an attempt to silence MPs. A by-election to fill the five vacant seats will take place on 26 June, two days before the beginning of Ramadan....