Censorship

Graffiti artist claims censorship at Tunis Arts Spring

Posted by on Jun 6, 2012 in Afef Abrougui, Art, Censorship, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Elektro Jaye, Free Speech, Free Speech Reform, Freedom of Expression, Islamism, Middle East and North Africa, RSS Syndicated Posts, Secularism, tunisia

Tunisian graffiti artist Elektro Jaye was recently censored at the Tunis Pintemps des Arts (Spring of Arts), a modern contemporary art fair which exhibited more than 500 art works this year. “One of the fair’s organisers Luca Luccattini lite…

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Bahrain activists’ trouble with trolls

Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Bahrain, Censorship, Cyber-bullying, Cybercrime, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Freedom of Expression, internet freedom, Marc Owen Jones, Middle East and North Africa, Nabeel Rajab, PR, RSS Syndicated Posts, trolling

On 5 May the Bahraini regime arrested prominent human rights activist and 2012 Index award winner Nabeel Rajab for inciting violence on social networking sites. This is the second time Rajab has been arrested for so-called “cyber crimes”…

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Bahrain activists’ trouble with trolls

Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Bahrain, Censorship, Cybercrime, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Freedom of Expression, internet freedom, Marc Owen Jones, Middle East and North Africa, Nabeel Rajab, PR, RSS Syndicated Posts, trolling

On 5 May the Bahraini regime arrested prominent human rights activist and 2012 Index award winner Nabeel Rajab for inciting violence on social networking sites. This is the second time Rajab has been arrested for so-called “cyber crimes”…

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