SMEX • 10 Dec 2025

Human Rights Day: SMEX reflects on a year of advocacy for digital rights 

Over the past year, digital rights have faced increasing pressure. As governments and corporations deploy and develop new technologies at…

  • Digital Rights
  • Human Rights
SMEX • 17 Oct 2024

Digital Rights During the War on Lebanon: October 17, 2024

Beirut, October 17, 2024 | This week, the Israeli occupation has targeted “safe” areas in Lebanon as another war strategy…

  • Digital Rights
  • Human Rights
  • Lebanon
Zeinab Ismail • 20 Mar 2024

Saudi Authorities Monopolize Media and Advertising Discourse “by Law”

Through global forums and media, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been keen on spreading progressive discourse in an effort…

  • Censorship
  • Digital Rights
  • Freedom Of Expression
Zeinab Ismail • 03 Aug 2023

More Control: Iraq’s Alarming Cybercrime Law

Days after the Jordanian parliament approved a cybercrime law with disastrous implications for free speech, Iraq put forth its own…

  • Cybercrime Law
  • Free speech and expression
  • Human Rights
SMEX • 01 Aug 2023

How will Tunisia include its growing poor in an increasingly digital society?

This article was first published by Advox on July 19, 2023. It is republished here as part of a republishing…

  • Access
  • Advocacy
  • Education
SMEX • 28 Apr 2023

Sudan: Internet Shutdowns Fuel Human Rights Abuses

Internet in Sudan has been shut down intermittently amid armed clashes between the Sudanese army, led by Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan,…

  • #KeepItOn
  • Digital Rights
  • Human Rights
Madleine Balesi • 14 Sep 2022

How to safely record a witness video?

Phones have become a viable tool for recording violence and injustice around the world. In many cases, posting online helps…

  • Human Rights
  • Privacy
  • Safety
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