Tunisia's long time ruler Ben Ali has fled to the Saudi Kingdom. Will the instability in Tunisia spread to Egypt and force Mubarak out next? Egypt has kept an iron fist closed on its activists for a long time. The imprisonment of dissidents has been harsh. Now human rights activists are predicting that Middle East countries ruled by dictators are gaining inspiration from the turbulence and ousting of a de facto dictator.
Egyptian human rights activist, Hossam Bahgat, is quoted: What happened in Tunisia ... will give unimaginable momentum to the cause for change in Egypt," he said.
Other Middle Eastern dictatorships may be shaken as well. On Friday demonstrators in Jordan rallied to demand the removal of their prime minister. Sudan's president Omar al Bashir is facing increasing opposition as his country faces numerous crises.
For more: Tunisia's Ben Ali Today Is Egypt's Mubarak Next?
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