Leila Nachawati

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I´m a Spanish-Syrian activist based in Madrid. I teach Communications at Carlos III University, where I am currently starting my PhD. I write about human rights with a special focus on the Middle East and North Africa. Obsessed with freedom of speech.

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20 December 2012

Facebook's Suspicious Behavior

Written by Leila Nachawati · Advocacy, Feature, Sovereigns of the Cyberspace

Dead people liking stuff on Facebook. Living people liking and sharing stuff without their knowledge. Leila Nachawati investigates Facebook's unusual behavior.

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11 November 2012

International Day to End Impunity: Join the Campaign

Written by Leila Nachawati · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Global, Threatened Voices

To demand justice for all artists, journalists, musicians and writers who are forcibly silenced around the world, IFEX has decided to name November 23 the International Day to End Impunity. Join in!

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1 November 2012

EU to Tighten Rules on Surveillance Technology Exports

Written by Leila Nachawati · Activism, Advocacy, Freedom of Expression, Internet governance, Regulation, Surveillance

“It is unacceptable that regimes in Syria and Iran can use European technologies to violate human rights”. Marietje Schaake Activists have been fighting the battle against technology exports to repressive countries...

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7 July 2012

Syria Files: More Western technology for the Syrian regime

Written by Leila Nachawati · Activism, Advocacy, Feature, Internet governance, Regulation, Syria

Western technology has played a key role in providing the Syrian regime with tools to track and repress citizens for years. The latest Wikileaks files on Syria, which include more than two million emails from political figures and companies, reveal that the involvement of Western companies in the crackdown against Syrian citizens has continued despite sanctions and international pressure.

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15 November 2011

US and European firms help Syrian regime spy on citizens

Written by Leila Nachawati · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Internet governance, Law, Regulation, Syria

To track and surveil citizens online, repressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa have relied on Western technology for years. US company BlueCoat has been accused for months...

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28 October 2011

Detained Bloggers and Journalists in Syria: The List Gets Longer

Written by Leila Nachawati · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Syria

Since the street protest movement began in March 2011 in Syria, threats and physical attacks against journalists have increased. The list of detained bloggers and journalists gets longer and includes foreign journalists arrested and deported. Among the latest, prominent blogger and programmer Hussein Ghrer, who disappeared on October 24.

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26 October 2011

Syria: Prominent Blogger Disappears in Damascus

Written by Leila Nachawati · Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Syria

Syrian blogger Hussein Ghrer left his home in Damascus on Monday, October 24, and has not come back. He is a thirty-year-old married father of two. The most recent post on Ghrer's blog focuses on the arrest earlier this year of now-released Syrian blogger Anas Maarawi in the context of freedom in Syria.

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