Mada Masr is an Egyptian online news site formed just before the military coup in July 2013 by 24 friends and journalists
#IndexAwards2016: Mada Masr offers an alternative narrative to Egypt’s official media
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CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
#IndexAwards2016: Zaina Erhaim trains Syrian women to report on the war
A Syrian-native who was studying journalism in London when war broke out in Syria in 2013, Zaina Erhaim decided to return permanently to report and train citizen journalists in the war-ravaged country
#IndexAwards2016: Vanessa Berhe is fighting for freedom of expression in Eritrea
Campaigning for a free Eritrea since the age of 16, Vanessa Berhe can even count the Pope as a supporter
Bahrain must immediately release Zainab Al-Khawaja
Index on Censorship calls for the immediate release of human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, who was arrested on Monday 14 March 2016 with her one-year-old son Abdulhadi.
#IndexAwards2016: Murad Subay sheds light on human cost of Yemen’s war
In 2011, artist Murad Subay took to the streets of Yemen’s capital, Sana’a to protest the country’s dysfunctional economy and institutionalised corruption
Syria: Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on fourth anniversary of detention
Syria’s authorities should reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and free speech activist, and release him immediately
19 March: Where is Bassel Khartabil?
Join Index on Censorship in a day of solidarity, awareness and support for Palestinian-Syrian open access activist Bassel Khartabil
Bassel Khartabil: Four years since arrest of Palestinian-Syrian online freedom activist
Four years have passed since Palestinian-Syrian software developer Bassel Khartabil (aka Bassel Safadi) was arrested in Damascus
UAE: Human rights organisations renew call for release of peaceful activists
On the third anniversary of the start of the mass trial of 94 individuals, including government critics and advocates of reform, 10 human rights organisations appeal to the government of the United Arab Emirates to release immediately and unconditionally all those imprisoned
Bahrain: Ibrahim Sharif sentenced to one year in prison for 2015 speech
A Bahraini court sentenced Ibrahim Sharif, former secretary-general of the secular, left-wing National Democratic Action Society, yesterday to a year in prison