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Tuesday, 24 February 2014

Egyptian Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail

Alaa Abd El Fattah, an icon of the Egyptian revolution, was sentenced to five years in prison for allegedly taking part in a protest and “assaulting a policeman and stealing his walkie talkie.” 

A Love Letter to Jailed Syrian-Palestinian Bassel Khartabil

March 15 marks the third anniversary of the detention in Damascus of Bassel Khartabil—also known as Bassel Safadi—a well-known Syrian-Palestinian blogger and open-source software developer. 

The Dress Rehearsal for the Belarusian Crackdown

"Belaruskaya Pravda" chief editor Yuri Dubina says the recent crackdown in Belarus on independent online media is only "the dress rehearsal" before the presidential election this November.

Iranian Classroom Condemns Anti-Afghan Discrimination With ‘We Are Ashamed’ Campaign

Afghan refugees in Iran often face widespread discrimination and experience racist treatment from Iranians. The #ashamed campaign has more than 20,000 likes on Facebook.
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