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Lebanon: New Amendment to Restrict Lawyers’ Freedoms
In early March, the Beirut Bar Association (BBA) implemented new amendments that require lawyers to obtain official authorization from the…
Lebanon: Is the Government Purposefully Damaging the Telecom Sector?
Amid the real risk of the collapse of Lebanon’s telecommunications services, serious reports have recently emerged about massive squandering and…
Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon: Authorities must respect freedoms of the press and legal profession and fundamentally amend defamation laws
Beirut on April 4, 2023 The Freedom of Opinion and Expression Coalition in Lebanon condemned in a statement issued today…
Lebanon: Summoning Journalists in Beirut and Silencing Voices in Mount Lebanon
Lebanon’s Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat retracted the case against Jean Kassir, the co-founder and managing editor of the news website…
Iraq: New Draft Law Threatens Freedoms and Violates Constitution
The new Iraqi draft law on freedom of expression, assembly, and peaceful demonstration is under scrutiny for possible violations of…
A General Introduction to AI’s Uses
Perhaps our first impulse when we hear “artificial intelligence” (AI) is to imagine an army of robots preparing to invade…
Martial Courts on Facebook Against Critics of the Tunisian President
After Tunisian journalists gathered to protest government restrictions on freedom of expression, loyalists to the Tunisian President Kais Saied launched…