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Alhasnaa Adra • 23 Jul 2024

Exam shutdowns in Syria: financial and human losses 

Despite a global trend towards improving the speed, quality, and availability of internet services, Syria still disrupts access to the…

  • Exams
  • financial
  • Freedom of Expression
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 • 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…

  • Algeria
  • Blackout
  • Exams