At around the end of the first decade of the 21st
century, the Middle East went up with the revolutions. The people came forth to
relieve their country from the dictatorships and inequality. The people came
out to find the real freedom from the autocrats. They defy the rulers to find
their own rights to live. They protest against their so called rulers with
limited resources. The protests have
shared techniques of civil resistance in sustained campaigns involving strikes,
demonstrations, marches and rallies, as well as the use of social media such as
Facebook and Twitter to organize, communicate, and raise awareness in the face
of attempts at state repression and Internet censorship.
The protest started on 18 Dec 2010 from Tunisia following
the self immolation of Mohammad Bouazizi against the police corruption and ill
treatment. This revolution was called “Jasmine Revolution”, which later on led
the President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee to Saudi Arabia. This revolution
ignited the revolutions around the other countries as well. The countries
following the path of revolution after Tunisia are Algeria, Egypt, Yemen,
Jordan and other Arabian and African nations. They all have the same issues of
hardships. They all came up for getting human rights and ultimately to the
Democratic ruling for them. Not only this region of the world as influenced by
the revolutions but the outside world also got affected. In Egypt, massive
protests began on 25 January, and after 18 days of protests, President Hosni
Mubarak, who had ruled Egypt for 30 years, resigned on 11 February 2011. Around
the same time, Jordan's King Abdullah named a new prime minister and the
president of Yemen, Ali Abdullah Saleh, announced that he would not seek
another term in office in 2013, after what would then be 35 years of rule. Two
state heads have been overthrown by their own people for the democratic system
and the equality of rights. The people have been rising against their rulers
due to the differences between their aspirations and the absence of
governmental reforms.
The oil powerhouses Libya and Algeria has the oil benefits
for their rulers only. The rulers were only the ones who could benefit from the
country’s wealth of oils. These autocrats have been ruling for decades and they
either provide negligible or no share benefits for the people. This scale of
corruption ultimately and the refusal of youth to silently accept this previous
status quo have been mentioned as the main motive for the current movements.
Most of the youths are the educated and internet connected people who took
their autocrats and absolute monarchy as anarchies so they took steps of build
up their own government for the people. This revolution was not a single day
event but it has been running since years but they were not effective enough to
collaborate and collect such enormous warriors of the country. Only little were
ready to die for their country. But everything has changed, the people became
more educated and influenced by the development of the world. They get interconnected
through social media and raise voice against the autocrats. They used the
social sites to get collected and the find out the ways to deal with the
autocrats and defy them. The government did everything to stop the revolution
from blocking information channels, harassment, torture, and killing and
bombing, the governments even use mercenaries to kill their fellow citizens.
With all these activities the rebels seemed to be backed up but they reunited
with each other and come forth against with strength.
The patriots work out to find out the ways to revolutionize
their people and overthrow the autocrats. They didn’t want to be ruined by
their rulers. They wanted to get freedom. The freedom fighters were praised by
the Medias and all over the world. The people should have the right to choose
their rulers. They have the rights of educations, equality, and freedom. They
are the particles of the democratic movement. Most of the revolutions were
fueled by the autocracies, corruption, and governmental harassment upon the
people. This will ultimately lead the people on the path of success and
development. It will help to attain a better ruling system, equality, socio
economic development and ultimately the living standard of each and every
citizen. The revolutions have influenced the whole world and it will remain a
good lesson for the rest of the world. The revolutions are still moving on in
various countries such a Libya, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Yemen and
others as well; and it will continue until the changes and reforms came up. For
these countries this is the time for changes and they need it desperately.
