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King Salman issues an order to partially lift the curfew in all regions of the country except Mecca, where a 24-hour curfew continues. Saudi authorities report 16,299 infections and 136 deaths nationwide.
2020-04-26

Representatives of Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are arrested.
2011-02-3

Internet access is partially restored in Egypt after a five-day blackout.
2011-02-2

The BBC condemns the treatment given to one of its reporters, who has been deliberately assaulted by police while doing his work in Cairo. He was beaten up with steel bars, "the ones used here for slaughtering animals".
2011-01-29

Two mummies housed at the Egyptian Museum are destroyed and statues are broken into pieces, though ordinary citizens unite to prevent further destruction. The vandals are reported to have been convicts who escaped amid the protests.
2011-01-29

People gather in historic Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States to peacefully protest against the Mubarak regime. They wave Egyptian flags, hold up signs, chant for Mubarak's resignation and call for an end to cell phone and Internet censorship perpetrated by the Egyptian government.
2011-01-29

Head of antiquities Zahi Hawass says ancient artifacts at the famous Egyptian Museum in Cairo are safe from looters but could still be damaged by the potential collapse of NDP headquarters which was gutted by fire yesterday.
2011-01-29

The Egyptian government announces a curfew for cities nationwide starting at 6 pm local time and running through to 7 am on Saturday.
2011-01-28

At least three people die in protests in the Ivory Coast over a curfew imposed ahead of the second round of the Ivorian presidential election.
2010-11-27