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Zeinab Ismail • 26 Feb 2025

Google’s DNS Ban in Iraq Restricts Internet Freedom

This article was prepared in collaboration with the Iraqi Network for Social Media (INSM). The Iraqi government, through the Telecommunications…

DNS
Freedom Of Expression
Iraq

Safaa Ayyad • 03 Jun 2024

Will Iraq shut down the internet during the 2024 exams period?

Update: The Iraqi Ministry of Communications announced on May 19 that internet shutdowns will take place in conjunction with the…

Exam Shutdown
Internet Shutdown
Iraq

SMEX • 30 Aug 2021

Enforced disappearances and accompanying impunity continue to prevail in the region

Today, on the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we the 33 undersigned local, regional,…

Algeria
Algeria
Egypt