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SMEX • 17 Jan 2025

Iraq : Balgh platform marks two years as a tool of repression

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Iraqi authorities’ continued use of the Balgh platform to monitor online…

Ballegh Platform
Freedom Of Expression
Internet

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