Middle East and North Africa Archives - Page 34 of 364

International groups call for immediate and unconditional release of Zainab Al-Khawaja

by Index on Censorship | 12 Apr 2016

Index joins with international human rights groups to call on the government of Bahrain to release Zainab Al-Khawaja

12 April: Zaina Erhaim on Syria’s Rebellious Women

by Index on Censorship | 5 Apr 2016

Join us at the Frontline Club for a film screening and discussion with Zaina Erhaim, a Syrian journalist shortlisted for the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards 2016.

#IndexAwards2016: Mada Masr offers an alternative narrative to Egypt’s official media

by Georgia Hussey | 5 Apr 2016

Mada Masr is an Egyptian online news site formed just before the military coup in July 2013 by 24 friends and journalists

#IndexAwards2016: Zaina Erhaim trains Syrian women to report on the war

by Georgia Hussey | 4 Apr 2016

A Syrian-native who was studying journalism in London when war broke out in Syria in 2013, Zaina Erhaim decided to return permanently to report and train citizen journalists in the war-ravaged country

#IndexAwards2016: Vanessa Berhe is fighting for freedom of expression in Eritrea

by Georgia Hussey | 22 Mar 2016

Campaigning for a free Eritrea since the age of 16, Vanessa Berhe can even count the Pope as a supporter

Bahrain must immediately release Zainab Al-Khawaja

by Index on Censorship | 18 Mar 2016

Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, who was arrested on Monday 14 March 2016 with her one-year-old son Abdulhadi.

#IndexAwards2016: Murad Subay sheds light on human cost of Yemen’s war

by Georgia Hussey | 18 Mar 2016

In 2011, artist Murad Subay took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a to protest the country’s dysfunctional economy and institutionalised corruption