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.
An escalating conflict, an unfolding tragedy: Civil society responds to the growing crisis in Israel and Palestine
We share responses of IFEX member organisations to the violence in Palestine and Israel, as journalists and media crews try to stay alive as they report, and misleading and weaponised disinformation distorts narratives, further fuelling the conflict.
Combating climate misinformation in MENA’s environmental crises
Special Issue: Naseem Tarawnah brings an access to information focus to his latest regional brief, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Egypt targets dissident families, and Iran’s tech-enabled suppression of women
August 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.
Rising tide of cybercrime laws; resisting repression in Egypt and Tunisia
July 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.
Searching for Syria’s disappeared, counter-terrorism laws ‘tools of repression’, and #NoExamShutdowns
June 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.
Unveiling suppression in MENA: Egypt’s terror lists, information blackouts in Sudan, and Israeli impunity
May 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.