Arab World Witnesses Protests on Friday, Citizens Call for National Unity

North African and Middle Eastern countries are set to witness massive "Day of Rage" protest rallies planned Friday against their ostracized regimes.

Demonstrations are to take place in Tunisia and Egypt, where popular revolutions have already toppled their Western-backed dictators, setting off a whole host of anti-government protest movements in a number of other Arab countries.

In Libya, there have been calls for protest rallies in the capital Tripoli against their ruler Muammar Gaddafi. An uprising began on the 15th of February against the 42-year-long regime of the Libyan dictator, who reportedly has killed thousands of the anti-government demonstrators so far.

In Saudi Arabia, where prisoner abuse and rights record have recently attracted an unprecedented wave of anger, online human rights campaigners have rallied support for a public display of outrage in the Eastern Province's Al-Ihsaa governorate, AFP reported.

The protest is to be held in condemnation of Riyadh's recent arrest of a Shia cleric, in line with the kingdom's age-old suppression of many followers of the faith in the country. The 13th of March has been set as a date for a massive demonstration, which cyber-activists have been calling for.

Protests are also set to take place in the streets and squares of other countries including Yemen, Jordan, and Bahrain.

Since the beginning of the Tunisian uprising, a storm of revolution has been sweeping across the Arab world, as the peoples of these countries can no longer tolerate the dictator regimes and the dire living conditions resulting from the neglect of their governments.