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WikiLeaks turned the tables on governments, but the power relationship has not changed

17 Jan 2011 | News and features

This article was first published in Media Guardian

The information genie cannot be put back into the bottle, however hard authorities try. But the authorities continue to exploit the internet as a means of control

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Tunisians will not be easily unplugged again

16 Jan 2011 | Middle East and North Africa, News and features

Discreet coup or “Jasmine Revolution”, the departure of Tunisia’s despot Zine el Abidene Ben Ali will not end his networked citizens’ calls for reform. Rohan Jayasekera comments.
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Tunisia: France’s faux pas

15 Jan 2011 | Middle East and North Africa, News and features

French ministers denied Tunisia was a dictatorship and offered Ben Ali’s regime police support to deal with the recent protests. Myriam Francois-Cerrah explains how France found itself on the backfoot
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Yemen: Online news editor arrested

14 Jan 2011 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost

State authorities have arrested Fouad Rashid, editor of the on-line news website Al- Mukalla. The former assistant editor of Al-Massila has been arrested before, on May 4 2009 he was held by police over his coverage of the protests in south Yemen. The journalist’s website covers the political situation in Southern Sudan, the south is voting in a referendum on secession from the north.

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