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‘Halalweb’: Iranian Authorities Try to ‘Purify’ Internet

‘Halalweb’: Iranian Authorities Try to ‘Purify’ Internet

The Iranian online community is facing a sustained, co-ordinated campaign to control how it uses the worldwide web.

Saudi, Twitter, Religion and Blasphemy

VIDEO, AL JAZEERA: Is religion too taboo for social media, and what’s behind the case of “Twitter blasphemy” in Saudi Arabia?

Twitter Campaign for Cartoon Publisher

VIDEO, EURONEWS: A social media campaign has begun to free an 18-year-old man who has been jailed for publishing cartoons of the king of Morocco.

Kashghari and Diminishing Free Speech

Kashghari and Diminishing Free Speech

CROSSROADS ARABIA: The case of Hamza Kashghari, the Saudi journalist that expressed doubts about religion, is energizing free-speech advocates

Atheist Jailed for Facebook Comment

VIDEO, Al Jazeera: Human rights activists and religious scholars are demanding the release of a man who wrote that he did not believe in God.

Outspoken Omani Blogger Detained

Outspoken Omani Blogger Detained

ANALYSIS: Egypt showed how a Facebook page could erupt into a movement able to topple a regime. Gulf leaders won’t be caught napping in the same way.

Press Freedom Sickly in Israel and Turkey

Press Freedom Sickly in Israel and Turkey

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN: Is Israel a haven for the free press? Hardly. It allows extensive use of gag orders to protect the state, the military, and the wealthy.

Twitter Makes a Good Call: No Boycott Needed

Twitter Makes a Good Call: No Boycott Needed

CROSSROADS ARABIA: Twitter’s new censorship policy has turned up a hornet’s nest of ire throughout the social media world. But have they done the right thing?

Egyptian Blogger Jailed: What Sort of Democracy is This?

Egyptian Blogger Jailed: What Sort of Democracy is This?

LUCY EMMERSON: The case of Maikel Nabil, and that of many other writers, highlights the utter lack of respect for freedom of expression that currently exists in Egypt.

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