Freedom of Expression

Sculpture offends and ‘hurts’ poor little Israel

by Haitham Sabbah April 27, 2010

The Israeli embassy in Madrid is “hurt” and “offended!” How touching… It’s okay for Israelis to kill everyday, to spit on Christians and Muslims, to kidnap people and harvest their organs, to arrest and jail children, to use illegal weapons, to impose an illegal siege on a million and a half people in Gaza, to [...]

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst”: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]

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Draft Jordanian Press Law Raises Concerns

by Haitham Sabbah November 5, 2005

ARTICLE 19 recently released an analysis of the 2004 draft Jordanian Press and Publications Law(PDF File) which highlights a number of areas where the draft law violates international law, beside shedding some light on the positive side of the draft PPL. The existing Press and Publications Law2 is even more problematical and needs to be [...]

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Yezzi – Fock: Tunisian online protest (now blocked)

by Haitham Sabbah October 5, 2005

Via: Global Voices Online Rebecca MacKinnon As Tunisia prepares to host the controversial World Summit on the Information Society in November, Tunisian opposition activist Neila Charchour Hachicha informs Global Voices that the online freedom of speech protest site launched by Tunisians on Monday, www.yezzi.org has already been blocked by the Tunisian authorities. The online protest, [...]

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