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.
Looking ahead: The fight against Israel’s impunity gains legal momentum
IFEX Middle East & North Africa Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah looks at global efforts to hold Israel accountable for its crimes against Palestinians.
An ‘eradication’ of journalism in Palestine, and a censored global climate summit
November 2023 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.
Egypt’s elections in a restrictive civic space, impunity fuels targeting of journalists in Palestine and Sudan
Special International Day to End Impunity Issue: Naseem Tarawnah’s latest Middle East & North Africa brief shines a light on the intersections between impunity, journalists’ safety, and elections, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.