TV reporter Mazin Mardan, 18, has been shot dead in front of his parents in his house in Mosul, northern Iraq. The gunmen showed up at his home...
CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Iran: World’s youngest blogger to be put on trial
An 18-year-old blogger and women's rights activist arrested last September, has been now put on trial. Navid Mohebbi is charged with acting against...
Egyptian blogger released after four years in jail
Kareem Amer freed after serving a prison term for insulting Islam and defaming Egypt’s president. Ashraf Khalil reports
Egyptian blogger released after four years in jail
Online free expression activists around the world are rejoicing at the news that jailed Egyptian blogger Kareem Amer has been freed and had returned...
Palestine’s ‘Atheist blogger’ behind bars
Waleed Al-Husseini has been making waves and offending religious sensibilities in the Middle East for years. A committed atheist, the 26 year-old...
Egypt: Blogger beaten and held beyond release date
Abdel Kareem Nabil Suleiman, better known by his blogging name, Kareem Amer, was due to be freed on 5 November after completing a four-year jail...
Iran: Journalist held in solitary confinement
The mother of journalist Nazanin Khosravani, who was arrested last week, says her daughter is being held in solitary confinement at Tehran's...
Libya: Ten journalists detained
The authorities have arrested 10 journalists employed by a news agency run by a son of Muammar Gaddafi. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is seen as a reformist...
Middle East media round up
Morocco’s on-again off-again ban on the Al Jazeera satellite news channel is apparently on again. The kingdom is famously touchy about certain...
Bahraini blogger on trial in sweeping Shia crackdown
Ali Abdulemam’s trial is an important test case for free speech in the Middle East. Ashraf Khalil explains why