The internet suddenly came back up this morning, which means that flood of amateur video uploads I predicted should really start flowing today. But...
CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Iran: Human rights activists given long jail sentences
The Iranian judiciary has sentenced Kaveh Kermanshahi, a member of the Kurdish Human Rights Organisation to five years in prison for "actions...
Egypt’s last internet service provider goes dark
Last night at around 11pm local time Egypt's last remaining ISP was taken offline. There are also unconfirmed rumours that mobile network services...
Crackdown on journalists in Cairo
As protests in Egypt continue into their seventh day and police return to the streets, at least six journalists were arrested in Cairo earlier...
Cracks widening in Egypt’s internet wall
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
As Egypt enters a seventh day of open revolt against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak, the country’s internet access continues to be largely shut...
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 cell phones started working this morning again, although I’m not sure they’ll stay that way. The internet (as of 7pm local time) was still...
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