Contact: Kiahna Williams Senior Project ManagerCommunications and Society Programkiahna.williams@aspeninstitute.orgPanelists call for Mexican Government to Address Connectivity, Censorship and Competition
The Aspen Institute Forum on the Freedom to Communicate, created and convened in association with Grupo Salinas, is an annual forum among leaders of media, government, business, academia a
After four months of silence, former Prime Minister Saad Hariri lashed out at Hezbollah and Syria, personally criticizing the group's leader Hassan Nasrallah and announcing his sympathy for Syrians demanding their freedom. Speaking from Paris, where he remains out of personal safety concerns, he accused Assad and Nasrallah of being directly responsible for the toppling of his government.
The tides may be turning against the Syrian regime as it starts to lose its friends, both regionally and internationally. As the Syrian revolution enters its third month, with the death toll surpassing 1,000, observers are starting to cast doubt on the survival of the regime.
The initial caution which marked the reaction of Lebanese politicians to news of the popular uprising in Syria began to dissipate this week, with the Hezbollah-backed March 8 coalition expressing support for Syrian President Bashar and accusing the contending March 14 coalition of backing the protestors.
Hezbollah's Al Manar TV broadcasted a report implicitly accusing outgoing Prime Min
The Bahraini and Syrian uprisings this week are proof to one thing in Lebanon - that all politics are local. The sectarian nature of the tensions in Bahrain struck a chord with the Lebanese, with the Sunni and Shia sects taking different sides.
After years marked by concessions and failed attempts at reaching a compromise with the Hezbollah-led coalition, the March 14 movement showed signs of rejuvenation by attempting to go back to its popular roots and original message.
