A media ban on a corruption trial involving several leading Jordanian figures and the former Minister of Finance has been issued by a military court...
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Microsoft Bing filters gay and lesbian search terms
A recent report by the OpenNet Initiative has revealed that search terms in both Arabic and English relating to homosexuality are censored in some...
PAST EVENT: Our society will be a free society night
Free Iranian Journalists: Maziar Bahari presents Our society will be a free society – Friday 19 March
Egyptian blogger facing military court
Student and blogger Ahmed Mostafa is facing a military court after a prosecutor announced on 1 March that they would push ahead with charges of...
Hamas detain Paul Martin for another 15 days
Paul Martin, the British freelance journalist who was arrested on 14 February whilst attending the trial of Hamas activist Mohammed Abu Muaileq, has...
Military trial for Egyptian blogger
Ahmed Mostafa, an engineering student at the University of Kafr el-Sheikh, faced a military court on 27 February, accused of "publishing false...
“Our Society Will be A Free Society” campaign launches petition
In response to the brutal crackdown against journalists and writers in Iran, Index on Censorship and a coalition of leading press freedom and free expression groups launch a petition calling for the release of those imprisoned
Iran must open door to UN human rights experts
Campaign groups call on Iran to reconsider after envoy reverses its position and withdraws invite to UN human rights experts
British documentary film maker detained in Gaza
British freelance journalist and documentary film maker Paul Martin was detained at a Gaza courthouse yesterday on the orders of Hamas officials....
Iran’s controlling interest
Azar Mahloujian guides us through some of the stranger examples of literary repression in Iran