Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)

On 9 October 2013, security forces arrested blogger Abdel Ghani Aloui, 24, for posting on his Facebook account a caricature mocking Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.

On 2 October 2013, protesters from Kuwait’s Bidun community gathered in three districts to call for the realisation of their rights as residents of Kuwait. Their call was responded to with violence.

ANHRI, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, strongly condemns the continuous targeting of Sudanese journalists by Omar Al-Bashir’s security forces, against the backdrop of their coverage of protests in Sudan.

In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.

IFEX members appeal to the King to end restrictions on news websites, nearly five months after Jordanian regulators blocked some 300 sites under a new licensing provision of the Press and Publications Law.

Three activists have been jailed in Al-Juwaydah prison and accused of ‘disturbing relations with a sister Arab nation, Egypt’ for allegedly distributing flyers imprinted with the logo of the Rabaa Al-Adawiya Mosque, where Morsi supporters had held a sit-in for weeks that was violently dispersed, resulting in hundreds of deaths.

Saudi authorities have blocked access to the site Oct26driving.com, which launched a campaign calling on women to defy the driving ban by taking the wheel on 26 October 2013.

Journalists in Egypt are increasingly being targeted for their opinions, their coverage of certain protests, and their affiliations.