Sahar Maher, human rights activist and a member of the Free Maikel campaign, has told Index that authorities are transferring Maikel Nabil to a...
Sara Yasin
Yemen: Cameraman killed by security forces
A cameraman for Al-Yemen TV, Abd Al-Ghani Al-Bureihi, was killed when Yemeni security forces opened fire at a demonstration in Sanaa calling for the...
Bahrain: Where a Facebook “like” gets you expelled
Students at Bahrain Polytechnic are being silenced and expelled for social media posts. Sara Yasin reports
Iran: Actress sentenced to year in prison for censorship film
On 8 October, Actress Marzieh Vafamehr was sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in jail for her performance in a film exploring censorship of artists...
Gaza: New restrictions on foreign journalists
Hamas's interior ministry has adopted new rules restricting the reporting of foreign journalistse. According to the new rules, foreign journalists...
Egypt: Columnists protest censorship
Three columnists for the Egyptian independent daily Al-Tahrir will not be publishing their regular columns in protest at what they view as...
Ecuador: President Correa goes after El Universo again
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has threatened to bring charges against the newspaper El Universo after publishing a letter critical of the...
Trouble in Gainesville
Sara Yasin: Trouble in Gainesville
Bahrain: Protesters sentenced to 15 years in prison
Bahrain's National Safety Court has handed 15 year sentences to protesters in two different cases involving University of Bahrain. In one case, the...
Kuwait: Man jailed for comments on Twitter
Sunni activist Mubarak al-Bathali has been sentenced to three months in jail by a Kuwaiti court for comments about Shiite Muslims made on his...
UC Irvine 11 students given "guilty" verdict by jury
Sara Yasin: UC Irvine 11 students given “guilty” verdict by jury
One Million Moms try to stop you from enjoying Schweddy Balls
While the likes of Andy Samberg attempt to resuscitate the American television programme, Saturday Night Live (SNL), many of us remember times when...