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smexadmin • 10 Nov 2016

Duraz Internet Shutdown has cost residents more than 100,000 Bahraini Dinars (about 265,000 USD)

Feature image via Google Maps: Location of the village of Duraz in the North of Bahrain. This article was posted…

Bahrain
Bahrain Watch
Cost

smexadmin • 13 Jul 2016

Digital Citizen 4.5

Feature image via U.S army: Iraqi school students, Basra University. SPOTLIGHT ON INTERNET SHUTDOWNS In early June, Algeria’s Baccalaureate exams…

Digital Rights
Internet Shutdowns
MENA region

smexadmin • 16 May 2016

Leaked E-mail: Iraq Shuts Down Its Internet, Again

Feature image: Leaked email from an Iraqi ISP alerting recipients of an impending Internet shutdown on May 16, 2016. …

Digital Advocacy
Digital Rights
Internet Shutdowns

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