Resources

News, research, and campaigns

The latest updates on digital rights from West Asia and North Africa

smexadmin • 31 Aug 2015

CITIZENFOUR: Movie Premiere in Lebanon

SMEX in collaboration with Ashkal Alwan gladly announce the Lebanese premiere of the documentary “Citizenfour“. The event will be held on…

Ashkal Alwan
Citizenfour
Events

smexadmin • 26 Mar 2015

Mapping blocked websites in Lebanon 2015

Feature image via:http://pixabay.com/en/shield-private-public-internet-www-107860/. We published last year about blocked websites in Lebanon, you can check the old data base here. This…

Blocking Websites
Lebanon
Reports

smexadmin • 27 Nov 2014

Civil Society Groups Issue Statement at the Arab IGF

We are a group of more than 40 civil society organizations, activists, academics, technologists, and human rights advocates who work…

Arab Countries
Beirut
Freedom Of Expression

smexadmin • 17 Apr 2013

Find Ali: A Crowdmapping Initiative to Help the Homeless in Lebanon

Forty days after the death of Ali Abdallah, a homeless man in Lebanon, Karim Badra launched a social media campaign…

Campaign
Crowdmapping
Find Ali