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.
Sudan’s information battles, stifled dissent in Tunisia and Algeria, and marking World Press Freedom Day
Middle East and North Africa: A free expression round up produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Draconian civil society laws in climates of impunity
March 2023 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Battling gendered violence in the Palestinian online civic space, plus rising repression in Tunisia
February 2023 in Middle East and North Africa: A special feature on how Palestinian civil society is countering online gendered violence, plus the latest free expression news from the region, produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah.
New year, violent trends: Escalating violence against media, impunity, and digital oppression in MENA
January 2023 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Defying oppression in MENA: How civil society organisations fought back in 2022
IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah reflects on a year in the MENA region with more than its share of dark stories, but shares reasons for hope grounded in the work of civil society – persistent, collaborative, strategic – and effective.
Misinformation in Iran, World Cup double-standards, and immunity
November 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Restricted civic space at Egypt’s COP27, Qatar curbs reporting at World Cup, and Iran’s impunity
October 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Iran’s women fight for life and freedom, Egypt’s ‘filtered’ climate summit, and Jordan’s shrinking civic space
September 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Cybercrimes and cyberspies in Saudi Arabia, silencing Palestinian civic space, Sudan’s journalists form historic union
August 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
The cost of Biden’s fist bump, and Tunisia’s new constitution threatens free expression
July 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
Trolling women’s groups, digital privacy threats, Syrian disinformation and… “normal rainbows”?
June 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.
‘In cold blood’ – Where is justice for the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh?
May 2022 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX’s Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region.