Two political parties were suspended, a newspaper banned and three political figures sentenced to prison by the Iranian authorities on Monday....
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US approves anti-filtering software for Iran
The anti-internet filtering software, Haystack, received the necessary export license from the US government last week to sell their product to Iran...
Bahrain bans sharing news on BlackBerrys
The Bahrain Ministry of Information and Culture announced a ban on sharing local news with BlackBerry mobile devices last week. A ministry official,...
ElBaradei supporters deported from Kuwait
At least 21 Egyptian expatriates have been arrested and deported from Kuwait for supporting Mohamed ElBaradei. The former head of the International...
Iraq: Car-bomb targets journalist
The head of public relations at Iraq's Al-Rasheed satellite TV station was injured by a car-bomb on 13 April, which took both of his legs and...
Tunisian journalists attacked and threatened
Two journalists in Tunisia have been targets of harassment and violence this month by unknown assailants. Mouldi Zouabi, a journalist for Radio...
Israel: Shops bans controversial pamphlet
After immense pressure from the right-wing on Sunday, the Israeli bookstore chain Tzomet Sfarim has stopped selling a leftist political manifesto...
Iraq government forced to suspend broadcast restrictions
Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi government to suspend its media regulations. The regulations, which impose tight restrictions on the...
Journalists assaulted while covering the Egyptian protests
Security forces assaulted and obstructed the journalist covering protests on the streets of Cairo on April 6. In response to an appeal made by the...
Moroccan journalist sentenced to two years in prison
Moroccan journalist Mohammed Attaoui was convicted of extortion and sentenced to two years in prison on March 22. He claims he was set up by a...