The Kuwaiti satellite channel Mubasher and newspaper Al-Mustaqbal, both owned by Shaikh Fahd Salem Al Ali have been banned by the country's ministry...
Kuwait: TV Channel and newspapers shut down
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Iran: Coelho books banned
Brazilian author Paulo Coelho has published a message on his blog claiming his books have been banned in Iran. The Brazilian author has not been...
Tunisia: Protesters killed in continuing unrest
At least 14 protesters have been killed in violent demonstrations in the cities of Tala, Kasserine and Rgeb since Saturday amidst continuing...
Iran: Two imprisoned for “anti-government” activities
Prominent Iranian lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh and human rights activist Shiva Nazar-Ahari have received prison sentences for their activities in the...
“It’s forbidden to be you sometimes”
Italian investigative journalist Emilio Casalini has made a documentary film, Iran About, focusing on Iranians and their lack of freedom. Featuring...
Tunisia: The Middle East’s first cyberwar
Conventional wisdom suggests that the web’s power to drive social revolution is over-rated, but the Tunisian government still isn’t taking any chances. Its agents are hacking its opponents’ networks and sabotaging them, even as foreign hackers retaliate against the state. Rohan Jayasekera reports
Workers of the world unite
Two weeks ago I wrote of Tehran Bus Workers' Union treasurer Reza Shahabi, eight days into a dry hunger strike (nil by mouth) at Evin Prison....
Speaking out for Jafar Panahi
Index on Censorship calls on the head of Iran’s judiciary to overturn the prison sentences handed down this week to the film directors Jafar Panahi and
Mohammad Rasoulof
Bitter abstinence
Mourning means different things to different people. Even within one culture. But the month of Moharram, (7 December–4 January) the first month of...
Jafar Panahi jailed, banned from film directing
Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison for "colluding in gathering and making propaganda against the regime"....