A number of exiled Bahraini political activists have gathered at a conference in London to mark the upcoming anniversary of the 2011 popular uprising against the Kingdom's ruling Al Khalifa regime.

The Islamic Jihad resistance movement announces the start of a mass protest against repressive measures in Israeli jails.

Myanmar's shadow authority National Unity Government (NUG) calls for a public uprising against the military.

Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, has been released after seven years of imprisonment.

Guinean Special Forces declare that they have dissolved the constitution and the government of President Alpha Conde and closed the West African nation's borders.

In 2011, Tunisia became the birthplace of popular uprisings, which quickly engulfed much of the Arab world, overthrowing several governments in the region within months.

A human rights group calls for the release of six political activists who have been arbitrarily arrested in Bahrain.