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Academia in Egypt: Security forces and self-censorship
Activist academics played a pivotal role in the country's 2011 uprising, but today the corrosion of academic freedom of expression continues, writes Heather McRobie
Egypt: Law will “severely erode civil liberties”
Country is expected to put into effect a new counter-terrorism law that rights groups warn could "reinstate the old police state that existed under deposed president Hosni Mubarak", writes Shahira Amin
Egpyt: Journalists denied justice again
The trial of three journalists working for the Al Jazeera English Channel (AJE) was adjourned on Thursday until April 22, Shahira Amin reports
“We no longer feel safe”: Egypt’s attacks on gay rights
Following three men being sentenced to eight years in prison "for committing homosexual acts", Shahira Amin investigates the dangers faced by Egypt's vulnerable gay community
Egypt: Are the bloggers beaten?
Three years on from the revolution, Egypt seems tired of turmoil and apathy is mounting, writes Morgan Meeker
Egypt: Bassem Yousef steps away from journalism after plagiarism
Dr Bassem Youssef, the former heart surgeon and Egyptian TV presenter likened to Jon Stewart, has declared he is taking extended time off from journalism, after an anti-semitism and plagiarism row swept through Egypt. Alastair Sloan reports
Egypt: Secularists and conservatives battle over music videos
In a move that has sparked concern among Egyptian secularists, the country's censorship committee this week banned 20 music videos allegedly containing "heavy sexual connotations" and featuring "scantily-dressed female singers and models", Shahira Amin writes
Qatar bills itself as a “bastion of free speech”
Freedom of speech clashing with commercial concerns has been an ongoing theme for many media and internet companies operating on an international stage, but it's rare that a country's liberal approach to expression is presented, in itself, as a prime investment opportunity. Alastair Sloan reports
Index on Censorship magazine
Current issue: The war of the words
The spring issue of Index on Censorship magazine. Our special report of 15 articles and essays, starts with WWI where the current use of the term propaganda was invented and looks at poster campaigns, and propaganda journalism in the USA, but our writers, who include Lyse Doucet, David Aaronovitch, Rana Mitter, and serving army officer Ric Cole, also look at WWII, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
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