A year ago today, mass protests took place at the now demolished Pearl Roundabout in the Bahrain capital, Manama. This year protesters have been attempting to return to the square where, for a month last year, thousands gathered to call for change....
The global police organisation went beyond its remit in pursuing Saudi Arabian journalist Hamza Kashgari, says Denis MacShane MP. Now we must ensure the kingdom’s authorities respect free speech
Following the deportation of Hamza Kashgari to Saudi Arabia where he faces the death penalty, Myriam Francois-Cerrah explores the real reason the journalist is being targeted
Brian Cathcart: The Sun, the baby and the bathwater
US Citizens Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath were arrested by Bahraini security forces in the capital Manama on Saturday (11 February) during a peaceful protest. Protesters had marched into the city center to reestablish a presence of nonviolent,...
Ruth Michaelson: Journalists detained for speaking out against Palestinian Authority
Amy Bennett: Freedom of information, US-style
Legal proceedings have been filed against the four authors that read aloud from Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic verses.
Salil Tripathi explains how outdated Colonial-era legislation is being used to curtail free expression.
The Tunisian Internet Agency was the Ben Ali regime’s instrument for censoring the web. Now, as it attempts to break ties with the past,
Afef Abrougui talks to its CEO about the online challenges facing Tunisia
Jailed Ethiopian dissident blogger Eskinder Nega will stand trial in March for terrorism charges, a federal high court judge ruled this week. He could face the death penalty if convicted. Nega and five other journalists were last November charged...