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Mohammed Gamil • 12 Jul 2021

Sudan: No Internet Shutdown Can Cure Corruption [Opinion]

The first official exam leak in Sudan occurred in 2003, when mobile phone features were very limited and lacked camera…

  • Communications Shutdown
  • Exam Shutdown
  • Exams
SMEX • 12 Nov 2020

Military-Controlled Telecom Sector and Internet Shutdowns in Sudan

Sudanese authorities suspended internet services across the country last September, under the pretext of preventing cheating during the Secondary Education…

  • Communications Shutdown
  • Digital Rights
  • Internet Shutdown
Ali Sibai • 22 Sep 2020

#NoExamShutdown: 4 MENA countries shut down the internet so far “to fight cheating”!

This year, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have continued to shut down and throttle the internet during…

  • Algeria
  • Blackout
  • Exams
SMEX • 10 Jun 2019

Sudan junta shuts down Internet to cover-up horrific human rights violations

Following the massacre of peaceful protesters at a sit-in near the Army Headquarters in Khartoum on June 2nd, Sudan’s Transitional…

  • #KeepItOn
  • Human Rights
  • Internet access
smexadmin • 23 Jul 2018

Do New Sudanese Laws Regulate Digital Space or Limit Freedom of Expression?

Feature image via  Bora S. Kamel, Flickr, July 8, 2012: Censorship has gone beyond print publications to electronic publications. The…

  • Cybercrimes Law
  • Freedom Of Expression
  • Sudan
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