Index on Censorship condemns the sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists in Egypt to seven years each in prison.
CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Finding voices: Refugee journalism in Egypt
On World Refugee Day, Index on Censorship meets Munzalak – a new Cairo-based initiative looking to empower refugees through journalism. Tom Rollins reports.
World Cup 2014: What’s the score on freedom of expression?
Index has compiled some key stats for each World Cup country
Group of death: The worst World Cup countries for free expression
Index has looked at the countries taking part in arguably the biggest show on earth, and put together our own group of death — the freedom of expression edition
Good sports: Which free-speech offending countries should we blow the whistle on?
Against the backdrop of the World Cup in Brazil, we ask how, during global sporting events, should we respond to countries that repress their citizen’s free expression? Should we engage or ignore?
Egypt: Authorities reveal plans for mass surveillance of social media
The proposed new mass monitoring system has sparked fears that internet activists may be the next targets of the military-backed government’s widening crackdown on dissent, Shahira Amin writes
Lebanon: General security return passport to critical writer
Lucien Bourjeily told “you know what you did” when general security confiscated his passport
Egypt: Media presents election as forgone conclusion
In the weeks leading up to the vote, Egyptian media had reverted to Mubarak-era policies, persistently lionising El Sisi and the military while demonising his opponents. Shahira Amin reports
Undermining progress: Digital surveillance and the Tunisian constitution
The recent creation of Tunisia’s Technical Telecommunication Agency threatens to undermine progress the country has made — all in the service of digital surveillance. Nicholas Williams writes
Egypt: A chilling message and a case in uproar
A chilling message sent by award-winning photojournalist Mosa’ab El Shamy via his Twitter account on Monday, filled his 41,000 online followers with dread. Shahira Amin reports