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SMEX • 07 Jun 2024

#KeepItOn: Syria must end internet shutdowns during national exams

As part of the #NoExamShutdown campaign, we’re sending an open letter to authorities in Syria to abstain from resorting to internet shutdowns…

  • Exam Shutdown
  • Internet Shutdown
  • Syria
Safaa Ayyad • 03 Jun 2024

Will Iraq shut down the internet during the 2024 exams period?

Update: The Iraqi Ministry of Communications announced on May 19 that internet shutdowns will take place in conjunction with the…

  • Exam Shutdown
  • Internet Shutdown
  • Iraq
Mohammed Gamil • 12 Jul 2021

Sudan: No Internet Shutdown Can Cure Corruption [Opinion]

The first official exam leak in Sudan occurred in 2003, when mobile phone features were very limited and lacked camera…

  • Communications Shutdown
  • Exam Shutdown
  • Exams
Ali Sibai • 03 Jun 2021

Another internet blackout in Syria during exams

In recent years, internet outages in Syria have become a familiar, dystopian tradition during the Official High School Exams. The…

  • #KeepItOn
  • #NoExamShutdown
  • Exam Shutdown