Global Voices Advox

The implications of this decision, if upheld on appeal, would set a new precedent for internet censorship in Tunisia.

Chinese authorities intensified internet censorship over the issue of constitutional amendments.

The Tunisian government’s overzealous security response to recent anti-austerity protests has put press freedom in jeopardy.

After spending just over a year behind bars without charge, journalist Deniz Yucel was released from a Turkish jail. Hours later, six other journalists were issued life sentences.

Local journalists and media activists reporting on the occupation and Moroccan abuses face legal obstacles and risk lengthy jail sentences in order to make their voices heard.

Dozens of Thai activists have been charged for violating the ban on public assembly.

In a month that included a malware surveillance campaign in Lebanon, Telegram being blocked in Iran and crackdowns in Tunisia, the release of Hisham Al-Omeisy was a welcome bit of good news.

“If something so simple as a Wikipedia error can spawn a cascade of misinformation about something so important as a presidential election, there may be more trouble ahead.”