Arab Spring

After the "Arab Spring": Country by country Tunisia The only relative “success story” with a new constitution and some justice for past crimes. But human rights are still under attack, and reforms are urgently needed. Egypt Peaceful activists, critics of the government and many others remain in jail. Torture and other ill-treatment is rife. Hundreds have been sentenced to death and tens of thousands put behind bars for protesting or for their alleged links to the political opposition. Bahrain The authorities are silencing dissent by using unnecessary force, arresting and jailing protesters and political opposition leaders, and torturing detainees. Libya There are many armed conflicts across this deeply divided country. All sides have committed war crimes and serious human rights abuses. Syria The region’s bloodiest armed conflict, which emerged in response to the brutal suppression of mass protests by the government of Bashar al-Assad. Atrocious crimes are being committed on a mass scale and half the population has been displaced. Yemen The Saudi Arabia-led coalition’s air strikes and shelling by Huthi forces have killed more than 2,500 civilians. Some of the attacks amount to war crimes.