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9 January 2012

2011: A Year of Triumphs and Struggle for Bloggers in the Middle East and North Africa

Written by Jillian York · Advocacy

With all of the social media successes throughout the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, it would be all too easy to overlook the struggles faced by bloggers and netizens throughout the region. But with 126 netizens imprisoned, it would be a travesty.

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24 February 2011

Saudi women demand their rights, on Twitter

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Advocacy, activism

It is season for change in the Middle East and Arab world and Saudi women don't want to be left behind. They are now taking their demand for equality online-at...

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11 January 2011

Saudi policy on blogging criticized

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · law

Saudi Arabia has for long faced criticism and scrutiny for not allowing the country's press and the people to express themselves without any fear of reprisal. The criticism is sure...

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1 April 2010

Censorship Without Borders: A Moroccan Blogger's Experience

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Advocacy

Naoufel Chaara is a talented Moroccan blogger. His website [Ar] has been recently nominated for the Deutsche Welle's 2010 BOBs international award in the Best Arabic Blog category. Naoufel's usually...

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11 March 2010

Youtube: Saudi young man impersonating a police officer arrested and charged with morality crimes

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Arrest and Harassment

Update 1: On March 22nd, 2010, Pinkpaper.com reported that Ahmad al-Faqih was sent to jail for a year, fined $1,330, and will be lashed 1,000 times for appearing in a...

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21 September 2009

The Power of 140 Characters: Twitter in the Middle East

Written by Tal Pavel · Advocacy

The massive, sustained protests in Iran this past month against the regime’s apparent falsification of the presidential election results was enabled by widespread employment of new communication technologies. Among them...

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28 August 2009

Saudi Arabia blocking Twitter pages of activists

Written by Ahmed Al-Omran · activism

Saudi Arabia’s Communication and Information Technology Commission (CITC) has recently blocked access to Twitter accounts of a blogger @Mashi97 and a human rights activist @abualkhair. The move comes after the...

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