Social media platforms restrict Iraqi activism accounts
Social media platforms, including Facebook, X and TikTok, have reportedly restricted or banned Iraqi accounts critical of the government following...
Freedom of speech
Court confirms sentence for Moroccan feminist over blasphemy
On 6th October, a Moroccan court confirmed the 30-month sentence for feminist Ibtissame Lachgar due to blasphemy charges, according to...
Egypt: Satirical comedian Bassem Youssef returns to nation’s TV after 11 years
As Egypt wrangles with pressure from the international community over its Human Rights record, former TV show host and comedian...
Tunisia: Man sentenced to death for anti-government Facebook posts
Tunisia's increasingly autocratic government has shattered the moral floorboards, as a 56-year-old man is sentenced to death for criticising the...
Cameroon: 36 opponents still detained 5 years after national protests
Its been half a decade since a mass protest movement known as the Cameroon Renaissance Movement (CRM) saw over 500...
Egyptian activist released from prison reunites with family
After almost 12 consecutive years in prison, an Egyptian activist has finally been released from prison after being granted a...
Martin Jay: Trump’s attack on satire is no laughing matter
Barely a heartbeat after black columnist Karen Attiah was fired from her position of opinion editor at the Washington Post...
TikTokers who insulted Somalia’s president in dance video arrested
A group of TikTokers has been arrested by police after they insulted the Somali President in a dance video, according...
Bruno Waterfield: suppressing debate is eroding our democracy
From a free speech activist assassinated in America to a Jewish conductor cancelled in Flanders, our democratic traditions and freedom...
Egypt: Swathes of content creators arrested, Human Rights Watch condemns
Large numbers of content creators in Egypt have been arrested in recent months, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
Activist says Iran is using execution as a tool of intimidation
An Iranian activist has slammed Iran for using execution as a political tool of intimidation, Maghrebi Week reported on September...
Senegal: court sentences journalist and opposition leader
In Senegal, journalist, Bachir Fofana and opposition figure, Moustapha Diakhaté learned their fate on July 30th as they were sentenced...
Writer Boualem Sansal’s fate hangs on a pardon after sentence upheld in Algeria
Seven and a half months after his arrest in Algiers, the French-Algerian writer, Boualem Sansal, has been sentenced to five...
Moroccan activist Saida El-Alami back behind bars
Morocco’s crackdown on free speech deepens, despite a number of activists recently released from prison, with the arrest of prominent...
Algerian historian faces 7 year sentence over controversial remarks
The Dar El Beida court in Algiers has requested a 7 year prison sentence for Algerian historian Mohamed El Amine...
