smexadmin • 26 Apr 2017

A Breakdown of the Proposed OGERO Internet Speeds and Prices

   After OGERO conducted tests in various areas of Beirut over three days and increased the internet speed of its…

  • Beirut
  • Internet Speeds And Prices
  • Lebanon
Elham Barjas • 31 Mar 2017

Two Years of Collective Punishment: Mobile Data Remains Inaccessible to Arsal Residents

Update: Mobile internet was restored in Arsal in September 2017, over three years after it was cut off, according to…

  • Alfa
  • Arsal
  • Internet Shutdowns
smexadmin • 28 Mar 2017

Human Rights and Media Organizations Condemn Prosecution of Activist Ahmad Amhaz

  BEIRUT, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 28, 2017 — We, the undersigned human rights and media organizations, condemn the arrest, detention,…

  • Ahmad Amhaz
  • CLDH
  • Freedom Of Expression
smexadmin • 28 Feb 2017

UN Special Rapporteur Meets with Local Free Speech Advocates

     BEIRUT, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 — Dozens of free speech advocates and civil society leaders gathered at…

  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Freedom Of Expression Online
  • Lebanon
smexadmin • 06 Feb 2017

A Statement Demanding the Release of Hassan Saad

On Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, the Lebanese Army Intelligence arrested a young man named Hassan Saad after summoning him for…

  • Censorship
  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Hassan Saad
Lara Bitar • 31 Jan 2017

Youth, Internet, and Technology in Lebanon: A Snapshot

Social Media Exchange (SMEX) surveyed 157 youths between the ages of 14 and 22 to develop a snapshot of how…

  • Internet Access And Usage
  • Lebanon
  • Smex
Lara Bitar • 05 Jan 2017

Why Boycott Lebanon’s Mobile Phone Operators, Alfa and touch?

A self-described independent youth movement is waging what it is referring to as a “polite struggle” (الكفاح_المهذب#) against state corruption…

  • Alfa
  • Boycott
  • Cost Of Services