The fraud squad questions the publishing director of an e-magazine over an opinion piece which criticised a Tunisian financial institution. The...
Tunisia: Fraud squad interrogates publisher over opinion piece
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Tunisia: Government plans raise concerns of internet censorship
Tunisian prime minister Hamadi Jebali has outlined government plans to “secure the electronic space of the country”, sparking fears that the...
Dining with despots
Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa recently secured an invite to Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee luncheon. According to the Daily Mail, the...
Iran: Detained web expert reportedly pressured to work on National Internet project
Mohammad Solimaninya, an Internet and social network expert who has been detained for the past three months, is reportedly being pressured to work...
Bahrain Grand Prix should not proceed
Index’s new CEO Kirsty Hughes calls on the organisers of the Bahrain Grand Prix to cancel the race
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10 April 2012 (IFEX-TMG) - The International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), a coalition of 21 IFEX...
Tunisian cabinet lifts ban on protests on Habib Bourguiba Avenue
On 11 April the Tunisian Cabinet lifted a ban on protesting on Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis. In a communiqué released on 28 March, the Interior...
Kuwait: Writer imprisoned
Kuwaiti writer Mohamed al-Melify was jailed for seven years on Monday on charges of spreading false statements via Twitter. He was arrested last...
Turkey: Publisher Ragip Zarakolu released pending trial
Eminent Turkish free expression champion Ragip Zarakolu was freed from prison in Turkey pending trial along with 14 others yesterday. Zarakolu,...
Free Abdulhadi Alkhawaja
Open letter: Bahrain risks instigating a collapse of its civic society if it fails to release activist and hunger striker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja. Index joins rights organisations, politicians and academics in calling on Bahrain’s ruler to release him immediately