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Middle East & North Africa
Free Expression & the Law
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Sign a petition to help free translator and women's rights activist Ayşe Berktay, whose next hearing is on 27 May. She is among many jailed in Turkey in violation of their right to freedom of expression.
Middle East Highlights
Free Expression & the Law
Abdulemam’s two years in hiding began shortly after the start of Bahrain’s political unrest in February 2011. He was sentenced in absentia to fifteen years in prison on charges of attempting to overthrow the monarchy. He has now been granted asylum in the United Kingdom.
Attacks Censorship
On the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, states are urged to strengthen protections of the right to free expression for LGBT people and end impunity for violence.
Attacks
The Iraqi government has hurled the country to the brink of a new civil war. In under a month, Baghdad launched a vicious assault on a Sunni protest camp, resulting in 44 deaths; executed 21 alleged Sunni terrorists in one day, and suspended the licenses of 10 satellite channels, 9 of them deemed pro-Sunni.
Index on Censorship
Iran Censorship
17 May 2013
Reporters Without Borders
Syria Free Expression & the Law
17 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Bahrain United Kingdom Free Expression & the Law
16 May 2013
Freedom House
Iran Freedom of Assembly
16 May 2013
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Human Rights Watch
Committee to Protect Journalists
Syria Free Expression & the Law
14 May 2013
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms
United States Palestine Censorship
14 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Saudi Arabia Free Expression & the Law
13 May 2013
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms
Palestine Israel Attacks Free Expression & the Law
10 May 2013
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahrain Attacks Freedom of Assembly
9 May 2013
Index on Censorship
Yemen Free Expression & the Law
9 May 2013
Reporters Without Borders
Iran Digital Rights Censorship
9 May 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
Yemen Attacks Free Expression & the Law
9 May 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
Iran Censorship
8 May 2013
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Syria Digital Rights
8 May 2013
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahrain Attacks Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law
7 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Saudi Arabia Freedom of Assembly Free Expression & the Law
6 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
Jordan Free Expression & the Law
6 May 2013
Maharat Foundation
Lebanon Free Expression & the Law
3 May 2013
Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms
Palestine Israel World Press Freedom Day
3 May 2013
International Federation of Journalists
Iraq Free Expression & the Law
3 May 2013
Bahrain Center for Human Rights
Bahrain World Press Freedom Day
2 May 2013
Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
Reporters Without Borders
Iran Censorship
1 May 2013
Human Rights Watch
Iran Freedom of Assembly
30 April 2013
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