The closure of Egypt’s internet services represents a battle of wills between Mubarak and protesters. Index on Censorship’s Egypt regional editor Ashraf Khalil reports
Cracks widening in Egypt’s internet wall
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Egypt must lift emergency measures
Index on Censorship is gravely concerned at the loss of life and injury to protesters on the sixth day of the popular uprising in Egypt
Egypt’s Twitter-less revolution
The Egyptian government has cut mobile telephone and internet services, Index on Censorship’s Egypt regional editor Ashraf Khalil reports on how the information vacuum affected yesterday’s “day of rage”
Middle East: Will Yemen be next?
Inspired by unrest in Egypt and Tunisia, the opposition has staged massive protests demanding President Saleh’s resignation but so far there is no sign of a grass-roots move for change. Iona Craig reports
Index Eyewitness: Cairo
Read Index on Censorship’s Ashraf Khalil‘s exclusive report from Friday’s anti-government protests in the Egyptian capital
EU to ban Lukashenko
Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko is facing a fresh ban from travelling to the European Union after the brutal crackdown on opposition in the wake of December's election. Read more here
Open politics will stretch Tunisian Islamists
Rohan Jayasekera asks if the return of Tunisia’s Islamists help or hinder the national democratic project
Yemen: No place for change
Despite the eruption of Tunisian inspired protests in Sana’a and other cities in Yemen calling for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, regime change seems unlikely. Iona Craig reports
Hacked celebrities are free speech heroes
Brian Cathcart: Hacked celebrities are free speech heroes
Reluctant heroes
International recognition offers a degree of protection to investigative reporters. But, writes, Lydia Cacho being in the limelight presents a new set of dilemmas