Silenced, exiled, detained: MENA’s civil society rallies for accountability
April 2025 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Tracking digital incitement: Countering disinformation-fueled violence
IFEX member 7amleh is using AI to promote accountability and strengthen protection from online hate campaigns. The Violence Indicator offers a sobering look at the real-time connection between online incitement and escalating physical violence perpetrated against Palestinians.
Civil society confronts genocide, gendered violence, digital attacks, and impunity
MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
A fragile ceasefire, rising digital threats, and transnational repression in MENA
January 2025 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Syria after Assad, growing consensus on Gaza genocide, and repression intensifies across MENA
December 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Targeting journalists, digital warfare, and the push for accountability
November 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
No red lines and no rock bottom for Israel’s targeting of civil society
October 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Unchecked Israeli impunity deepens in Lebanon and Palestine, dissent stifled in Egypt and Iran
September 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
MENA’s Summer of repression: Journalists, activists, and free expression under siege
August 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
The rising tide of repression ahead of MENA elections
July 2024 in MENA: A free expression and civic space round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Drones, deportations, and cybercrimes: MENA’s journalists under siege
June 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Tunisia’s pre-election repression, battling Israel’s media silencing and persistent impunity
May 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Gaza journalists’ perpetual peril, a clampdown on pro-Palestinian protests, and Sudan’s toxic information battle
April 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Dangerous ground: ‘Unprecedented conditions’ for journalists in Palestine, Sudan
February 2024 in MENA: A free expression round-up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.