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Return to authoritarianism fuels anger in the Arab worldF

By Ezzedine Said A military coup in Sudan has dealt another blow to democracy in the Arab world, months after a power grab by the president of Tunisia, where the 2011 Arab uprisings were born. For some, the latest setbacks spell the end of the democratic experiment in...

Morocco: Rights activist Maati Monjib to resume hunger strikeF

Moroccan historian and rights activist Maati Monjib said Wednesday he was again going on hunger strike to protest a ban on leaving the country. "I am starting a hunger strike in protest at being prevented from travelling for medical treatment in France, where my...

Algeria: Regime’s war against civil society intensifiesF

A court in Algiers dissolved NGO and civil society organization Youth Action Rally (RAJ), causing uproar among opposition parties and rights organizations. The politically motivated court ruling essentially banned an organization that was largely involved in charity...

Algeria: Attacks on journalists continueF

(Photo: Journalists Mouloudj (left) and Bouras (right)): An Algerian journalist and rights activist was taken into custody on Sunday facing a charge of "glorifying terrorism", one of his lawyers said. Hassan Bouras was also charged with belonging to a terrorist...

Morocco punishes government critic Saida El Alami with an extra year in her two-year prison termF

Sep 22, 2022

A Moroccan appeals court on Wednesday extended by another year the prison sentence of an activist tried for...

Egypt: As it prepares for major climate summit, Egypt criticized for “growing repression of dissent”F

Sep 21, 2022

Egyptian authorities "have continued to stifle freedoms" in the year since launching a national human rights strategy,...

Tunisia: President issues decree that punishes authors of “fake news” with up to 5 years in prisonF

Sep 19, 2022

Tunisia's President Kais Saied issued a decree Friday that punishes the dissemination of "fake news" with up to five...

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