The virtual world offers new opportunities for political expression and communication. Why political discussion has migrated to the Internet is […]
Tunisia: A country under siege “فعلى الدنيا السلام” [video]
We must put an end to tyranny and humiliation. Tunisian taxpayers’ money is being spent to maintain the status quo […]
The Maghreb and the Global Economic Crisis: When Does the Tunnel End?
Due to capital flows restrictions, shallow financial markets and conservative exchange rate policies, the Maghreb—Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia—escaped the first wave of the global crisis, unlike most developing regions. However, it has been severely affected by dramatic falls in commodity prices, world trade, remittances, […]
Saudia Arabia leads Arab regimes in internet censorship
Saudi Arabia leads the field among Arab regimes that practise internet censorship, blocking website content ranging from pornography to politics, […]
Torture : Quand ça part en vrille lors du prepcom de Durban II entre la présidente Libyenne de la séance et A. el Hagoug Gomma
Video : Durban Review Conference
Preparatory Committee, Friday, 17th April 2009
Chairperson : Najat Al-Hajjaji, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Speaker : Ashraf el Hagoug Gomma (for UN Watch)
Arab censors swim against the information tides
It was supposed to be a reform of a bad piece of legislation that not only muzzled the press but […]
Videos: Obama ignoring Sarkozy… Sarkozy insulting Obama!
While posing for the closing protocol picture during the G20 meeting in London, Obama ignored Sarkozy. Not surprisingly Sarko insulted Obama. He said CON in French, meaning ASSHOLE in English. Here’s the translation for the French reporter’s comments: Behind the protocol of a family picture, there are always signs to read. […]
Israeli Army T-Shirts Mock Gaza Killings
The Israeli army is at the centre of a second controversy over the moral conduct of its soldiers in as many days. The revelations centre on t-shirt designs made for soldiers that make light of shooting pregnant Palestinian mothers and children and include images of dead babies and destroyed mosques. […]
Iran : Omid Reza Misayafi Has Died in Prison
Our friend Hamid Tehrani has told us that Omid Reza Misayafi has died in prison in Iran. Omid was sentenced […]
US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites
1- We think time and elections will cleanse our fallen world but they will not. Since November, George W. Bush […]