- In Yemen today, tens of thousands of people prayed in the streets for the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s rule, while hundreds of thousands of people attended anti-Saleh demonstrations in at least 14 other provinces, including Aden, Taaz, and Hadramout, around the country.
- In Sryia, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in several Syrian cities today, despite the government’s lethal crackdowns on protests.
- Prominent Jordanian journalists and rights activists staged a silent protest on Thursday over the detention in Syria of Reuters correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi, who was arrested while covering Syrian protests.
- A group of Iranian university students staged a protest rally on Wednesday in front of the UN office in Tehran, condemning the crackdown of protests in Bahrain as well as in other Arab countries.
- Chinese paramilitary police crushed a five-day protest on Thursday by up to 2,000 Chinese villagers who complained that they weren’t being paid enough to relocate for one of China’s largest hydroelectric power projects.
- Thousands of protesters rallied outside the New Hampshire Capitol in Concord on Thursday to oppose budget bills they say curb collective bargaining rights for state workers.
- Students at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York walked out of class Thursday to protest state and city budget cuts.
- Teachers in South Florida held rallies Thursday as part of a countywide walk-in to protest deep state cuts in education.
