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SMEX • 19 Oct 2022

Call for Stories: Technology and Human Rights at the Qatar World Cup

  • Censorship
  • FIFA World Cup
  • Freedom Of Expression Online
SMEX • 06 Oct 2020

Lebanon protests: Authorities prey on digital spaces to silence criticism

This article is a crosspost from Global Voices. Editor’s note: This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative…

  • Beirut
  • Digital Space
  • Freedom Of Expression
smexadmin • 06 Nov 2017

Hacklab 5: Freedom of Expression Online

In our fifth hacklab of “Abtal el-fada’ el-raqmi” (أبطال الفضاء الرقمي), we hosted a discussion on freedom of expression online,…

  • Freedom Of Expression Online
  • Services
  • Smex News
smexadmin • 28 Feb 2017

UN Special Rapporteur Meets with Local Free Speech Advocates

     BEIRUT, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 — Dozens of free speech advocates and civil society leaders gathered at…

  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Freedom Of Expression Online
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 08 Dec 2016

Self-Expression is not a Crime: Release Bassel al-Amin

Feature image via Mawtoura:  A Lebanese satirical blog. Bassel al-Amin, a Lebanese journalism student in his early 20s, is still…

  • A Status Is Not a Crime
  • Basel Al-Amin
  • Bureau of Cybercrime and Intellectual Property Rights