SMEX • 13 Jul 2022

Alternatives to Internet Shutdowns during Exams

Internet shutdowns do not prevent cheating in exams. They are ineffective and costly. This blogpost explains why this is the…

SMEX • 21 Jun 2022

Internet Shutdowns and their Impact on Society

SMEX • 17 Jun 2022

The Cost of Internet Shutdowns

Julia Bacardit Cruells • 02 Sep 2021

Tunisia, a digital police state?

How has Tunisia’s ‘success story’ gone awry? On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Said froze the parliament, dismissed Prime Minister…

SMEX • 30 Aug 2021

Enforced disappearances and accompanying impunity continue to prevail in the region

Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional,…

Ali Sibai • 22 Sep 2020

#NoExamShutdown: 4 MENA countries shut down the internet so far “to fight cheating”!

This year, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have continued to shut down and throttle the internet during…

Abed Kataya • 25 Nov 2019

Bread&Net 2019: A Digital Rights Revolution

From November 15 to 17, more than 250 participants gathered for Bread&Net 2019 in the heart of Beirut. With the…