Four arrested in Bahrain for “social media abuse”
The Bahrain Interior Ministry announced the arrest of four people for defaming public figures on social media today (17 October), with authorities still searching for a fifth. The Acting General...
View ArticleFree speech sidelined in Morocco
Despite promising reform and introducing a new constitution in 2011, Morocco’s treatment of dissidents indicates the changes were just window dressing, Samia Errazzouki writes Morocco’s King Mohammed...
View ArticleEgypt’s spring turns to winter
Egypt faced a new phase of uncertainty after the bloodiest day since its Arab Spring began, with nearly 300 people reported killed and thousands injured as police smashed two protest camps of...
View ArticleTunisia’s draft constitution raises concerns about democratic transition
(Photo illustration: Shutterstock) Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) is voting on a 146-article constitution, following a political crisis which put the country’s democratic transition on...
View ArticleThree years after Arab Spring officials thwart digital dissent
A pro-democracy protest in Bahrain, where activists have been jailed for inciting protests through their online activities (Photo: Moh’d Saeed / Demotix) One hundred and forty characters are all it...
View ArticleEgypt: Arab Spring anniversary a “horrible day for journalists”
Thousands of Egyptians celebrated the 25th of January 2011 revolution anniversary at Al Etihadia Palace Square. Demonstrators chanted for the army and police and raised flags and banners bearing...
View ArticleEgypt: Memories of Police Day
Supporters of General Sisi in December 2013 (Photo: Sharron Ward / Demotix) National Police Day, 25 January 2011. Years of police brutality is being challenged by activists in Tahrir Square. Volleys...
View ArticleChildren of the internet: Free speech in the digital age
(Image: Shutterstock) Unlike any previous time in the history of the world, there is a generation growing up today with unprecedented knowledge and power at their immediate and constant disposal....
View ArticleTunisia builds blasphemy law
In Tunisia, politicians and the people are abandoning freedom of expression. In a conservative society, Islamists’ obsession with blasphemy and the opposition’s passivity in defying an illiberal...
View ArticleProtesters call for the release of Bahrain human rights defender seven years...
By Ciaran Willis, Lauren Brown and Samantha Chambers Zainab and Maryam al-Khawaja The daughters of Abdulhadi al-Khawaja, the co-founder of Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, participated in a...
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