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A man rides his bicycle past a poster of the movie "Udta Punjab" in Mumbai, India, 13 June 2016; it was released after a decision by the film censor board was challenged in court, REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

The sex and censorship debate

Feminism and sex often get movies censored in India. But that’s a storyline that filmmakers and audiences are increasingly not impressed with.

Civil society representatives hold a press conference in Skopje, 9 February 2017. The sign behind them reads, "We Must Protect Civil Society", Vančo Džambaski via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Civil society under pressure in Macedonia

Macedonian ruling party leader and former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski has pledged to ‘cleanse’ Macedonia’s long-embattled civil society sector.

College students participate in a protest rally against the ABVP in New Delhi, 28 February 2017, AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

Indian activist threatened after standing up to right-wing student group

Threats of violence, gang rape, and physical attacks are making news in India, after a 20-year-old student activist from New Delhi launched the #StudentsAgainstABVP protest.

Graffiti art of surveillance camera, Published and labeled for reuse on Pixabay

Why is privacy so hard to protect in Tunisia?

The country that successfully kickstarted the Arab Spring is still not able to meet international privacy standards.

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed speaking to the media during the 2016 World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly which took place in Tunisia, Photo by the ITU, shared on Flickr under a Creative Commons License

Is Tunisia rolling back freedom of information?

Last month, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed issued circular n°4 of 15 January 2017 asking civil servants not to speak to the press and not to reveal official information unless they get the authorization of their hierarchy.

A student raises his hand while attending the first day of the new school term at a primary school in Baghdad, October 18, 2015, REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Iraq shuts down internet to prevent cheating

For a third year in a row, Iraqi authorities shut down the internet to prevent students from cheating on exams.

Algerian blogger Merzoug Touati , Liberte-algerie.com

Algerian faces 25 years over Israeli official interview

Morocco charges blogger with “exchanging intelligence with a foreign power” over a YouTube interview with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson.

Pakistani activists rally to condemn the "disappearance" of human rights activist Salman Haider, in Karachi, 9 January 2017, AP Photo/Fareed Khan

Monthly round-up: Attacks on secular voices, transgender and land rights in Asia

In January: “Disappeared” bloggers, activist in Pakistan; LGBT community rights threatened in Indonesia; new independent outlets in Hong Kong; activists see no justice in Cambodia.