The Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq says NRT's coverage of protests encouraged people to violate anti-coronavirus measures, but journalists say the closure is a violation of press freedom.

Activists, politicians reject draft bill as an attack on the freedom of expression that could plunge Morocco into the abyss.

Algeria's parliament has passed a law criminalising the broadcast of fake news. However, critics fear the move will accellerate the erosion of press freedoms that picked up speed in recent months.

Nine years after a revolution that had "freedom" as a primary demand, censorship of the arts and music is back in full force with added restrictions on organizing cultural events in Egypt.

The Government of Iraq was accused of shutting down several TV channels and warning others in order to reduce the coverage of protests taking place across the country.

During demonstrations that broke out across several governorates in Egypt, many news websites were blocked, not to mention the censorship of many social networking sites.

Dozens of Algerian artists have recently created a powerful body of work to reflect a momentous period in the country's history.

A Beirut comic and graphic novel exhibition, which has drawn large crowds, promotes the educational and journalistic values of the art form in the Middle East.

Amnesty International has warned the Algerian government against the use of excessive force ahead of the massive anti-government protests. Citizens of Algeria have been calling for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to renounce his plans to extend his 20-year presidency.

The town of Kafr Nabl in Syria's Idlib Province is still reeling from the deaths of the two activists, Raed Fares and Hamoud Junayd, five days after both men were shot and killed in cold blood outside their office

The Egyptian Ministry of Religious Endowments recently decided to permit female preachers to give lessons and meet with women across the country as part of its reforms to renew religious discourse.

Beirut has been a mecca of freedom for Arab filmmakers in a budding industry, but increasing censorship is setting off alarm bells in the region.

The recent Afrin military operations have reopened a door that the Syrian media have been painstakingly trying to close. “Hate”...

Undocumented, a new innovative online mini-series, follows three Syrian characters on a journey of self discovery amidst civil war.

Bassel Safadi, a developer who used his skills to promote free speech during Syria's uprising, was executed by the Syrian regime

The country has been destroyed and major demographic changes have been brought about by large waves of displaced people.