British national Ahmed al-Doush has been sentenced over a seven-year-old deleted post
Ten years in Saudi prison for a tweet
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CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
The week in free expression: 10–16 May 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
A letter to David Lammy on the imprisonment of Ahmed al-Doush
Index has written to the UK’s Foreign Secretary regarding the unjust treatment of the British citizen in Saudi Arabia
When music becomes a battleground
From Kneecap to Jonny Greenwood, recent gig cancellations reveal how fragile free expression has become in the shadow of war
The week in free expression: 26 April-2 May 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Left speechless: How trauma is leaving children in Gaza unable to communicate
The psychological toll of living in a warzone is causing young people to lose their ability to speak
Tunisia’s Spring is over
President Kais Saied’s rule is becoming increasingly authoritarian
The week in free expression: 19–25 April 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days
Mahmoud Muna: “There is a policy of oppression towards cultural institutions”
Index interviews “the bookseller of Jerusalem” about the recent raids on his bookshop and the ongoing crackdown on literary free expression in Israel and Palestine
The week in free expression: 5–11 April 2025
Index rounds up of some of the key stories covering censorship and free expression from the past seven days