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CATEGORY: Opinion
Bahrain’s grand prix problem
Bahrain’s top news during the past 48 hours say a lot about the troubled country: glitzy races are welcome; experts on torture are not. Bahraini...
Kazakhstan crackdown set to continue
Kazakh prosecutors last month achieved international notoriety, as they sought to close eight newspapers and 23 web sites, and sued Google,...
Why is Kim Kardashian going to Bahrain?
Kim Kardashian flew into Bahrain's capital today to launch the country’s first Millions of Milkshakes shop --- but "sources" close to the reality TV...
Bahrain revokes citizenship of 31 activists
Bahrain is preparing for the first anniversary of the Bahrain Independent Commission for Inquiry (BICI) by placing even greater restrictions on free...
Free expression: you’re doing it wrong, Bahrain.
Bahrain has a funny definition of free speech. After jailing human rights activists and social media users critical of the government and even going...
India discusses proposals to regulate the internet
The Indian government’s proposal to the United Nations General Assembly, to form a 50-member United Nations Committee on Internet Related Policies...
What will Morsi mean for free speech?
Cairo’s Tahrir Square exploded in joyous revelry and fanfare on Sunday afternoon after Counsellor Farouk Sultan, the Head of the Elections...
Bahrain authorities play games with Nabeel Rajab’s freedom
OPINION This week Bahrain continued its game of cat and mouse with human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, releasing him once more on Wednesday after...