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Published in: TransformationWhy the left needs to re-embrace the First AmendmentCensorship of the alt-right is tempting, but history tells us it will backfire.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaBlogging at the time of dictatorshipThe Tunisian Internet Agency is responsible for harming national memory. Questions need to be answered and those...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: the deep state’s war on journalismThe state is aware that free press means more accountability and their fear of being monitored, exposed, or held...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia'More royal than the king': an encounter with French ZionismThe fabrication of lies and false accusations to intimidate their opponents is only to be expected from those...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUAE: when tweets become a matter of national securityThink twice before you speak in the UAE, you could end up spending 25 years in jail next time you tweet.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAttacks on civil society in Turkey, human rights and solidarityProtests and a show of strength demonstrate the importance of challenging a state that reverts to the arbitrary...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia10 years on: Jordan’s anti-terrorism law and the crackdown on dissentIt is now time that the authorities stop labelling all those who dare speak their minds as “terrorists”.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaKingdom of arbitrary detention: how Saudi Arabia shuts down its most vocal criticsThe institutionalised repression practiced by Saudi authorities is exposed by the fight led by one of the Kingdom’s...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaGiulio Regeni, Egypt, and the deafening silence of EuropeGiulio Regeni's case is not only about academic freedom, but about the responsibility of EU states to protect their...
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Published in: TransformationFrench secularism as failed social engineeringThe principle of laïcité has become a demagogic tool to reinforce narrow judgements about French identity and...
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Published in: TransformationIs it ok to criticise Islam?At what point does mocking someone’s beliefs become an attack on those who hold them?
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Published in: TransformationDealing with Muslim dissentThe solution to extremism lies through strategies that enable rather than constrain the space for Muslim free expression.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaSeven trends dominating Egyptian mediaEgypt’s media outlets are trapped in a web of biases. Seven trends have dominated the country's media landscape over...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMoney where your mouth is: Salaita, freedom of speech, and the new market of educationI'd like to unpack the widespread idea that one's freedom of speech is relinquished when it is used in the form of...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEveryone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression but conditions apply
Egypt has jailed journalists by the dozen; the Gulf is jailing people for tweets they send and surveillance...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaLebanese media retaliates against politicians' crackdown
A video of a talk show recently went viral in Lebanon in defence of freedom of expression. This should send a...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaJournalism is not terrorismIn Egypt, numerous journalists have been arrested since the overthrow of Morsi. They are being kept in high security...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaUAE's political show trials
The latest trial saw 20 Egyptians and 10 Emiratis found guilty in a process marred by a litany of human rights and...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA letter from AlaaAlaa Abdel Fattah, a prominent Egyptian blogger and activist, was arrested on 28 November 2013. This is a letter he...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisian journalist Fahem Boukadous on press freedom
Fahem Boukadous, an outspoken critic of Tunisia’s record on press freedom, speaks about the political challenges...
