Jordanians engaged in a mass sit in where more than 3,000 Jordanian trade unionists, Islamists and leftists sat outside parliament protesting against the government's economic policies.

The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has called on all Arab and Islamic factions to stand by the Tunisians. It commended the people's uprising and its fight for its fight for

The mass demonstrations in Tunisia did not just happen overnight; resentment has been brewing for some time in the country.

Commenting on the Tunisian events, head of the National Association for Change (NAC) Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei repeated the famous verses of the Tunisian poet Abul Qasim al-Shabi and called for

Reporters Without Borders condemned the 6 January 2011 arrests and disappearances of bloggers and online activists in a number of Tunisian cities.

For two weeks expanding protests have been taking place in Tunisia initially flaring in the state of Sidi Bouzid. Security forces confronted protestors, arresting lawyers and activists who were in