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SMEX • 11 Mar 2026

Digital Rights Amid a Regional War: Threats and Responses

Beirut, March 9, 2026 — Israel has displaced more than half a million Lebanese residents from South Lebanon, Beirut, and…

Gulf Countries
Lebanon
War on Lebanon

Jaume Sendra • 23 Aug 2024

Escalating crackdown on free speech in the Gulf

Escalating crackdown on free speech in the Gulf On May 29, Saudi Arabia’s Specialized Criminal Court (SCC) sentenced Professor Asaad Al-Ghamdi…

Cybercrime Law
Freedom of Expression
Gulf Countries

smexadmin • 14 May 2018

Gulf Countries Use Canadian Filtering Technology to Block Entire Categories of Websites

Researchers revealed in April that internet filtering technologies produced by Netsweeper, an Ontario-based technology company with offices in the UAE…

Block Websites
Canada
Gulf Countries