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نحو مستقبل رقمي آمن وحر في سوريا

1 month ago | accessnow.org | Marwa Fatafta |Kassem Mnejja

للقراءة بالانجليزية / Read in Englishلطالما وُصفت سوريا بأنها “واحدة من أخطر الأماكن في العالم لاستخدام الإنترنت”. ففي ظل حكم بشار الأسد، كان لكل خطوة رقمية ثمن؛ من التفتيش العميق لحزم البيانات لتسهيل التجسّس و”تحليل ومراقبة أنشطة مستخدمي الإنترنت السوريين”، إلى حجب المواقع للسيطرة على تدفق المعلومات، واعتقال النشطاء والصحفيين وغيرهم من المواطنين بسبب آرائهم وأنشطتهم على الإنترنت.
reclaiming Syria's digital future

1 month ago | accessnow.org | Kassem Mnejja |Marwa Fatafta

Read in Arabic / للقراءة بالعربيةSyria was once described as “one of the most dangerous places to use the internet in the world.” Under the rule of Bashar al-Assad, every online step carried risk: deep-packet inspection to facilitate surveillance and “analyze and control the activities of Syrian Internet users,” blocked websites to control the flow of information, and detention of activists, journalists, and even ordinary citizens for their online speech and activities.
Beyond the Battlefield: Sudan’s Virtual Propaganda Warzone

Jan 14, 2025 | timep.org | Hamid Khalafallah |Haid Haid |Kassem Mnejja |Mohaned Elnour

This article is part of a collaborative project between the Arabi Facts Hub (AFH) and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) on misinformation and disinformation in the Arab World. The hopes for a peaceful democratic transition in Sudan were shattered on April 15, 2023, when the country erupted into armed conflict.
Fragile Hope and Ongoing Crises: Navigating 2025 Policy Priorities in MENA

Jan 9, 2025 | timep.org | Salma Daoudi |Drew Mikhael |Kassem Mnejja |Zeead Yaghi

In the year ahead, the MENA region faces an array of growing risks and a handful of important opportunities, all of which require precise and strategic thinking. Israel’s devastation of Gaza, which a growing consensus of rights groups have concluded is a genocide shows no sign of abating. The anger and despair born of this harrowing level of violence with no meaningful effort to end it will undoubtedly have grave consequences in the near future.
Israel’s Digital Assault on Lebanon

Dec 4, 2024 | timep.org | Kassem Mnejja |Mohaned Elnour

Israel’s wars on Lebanon and Gaza have ushered in an alarming era of digital warfare, amplifying the risk of inflicting even greater suffering on civilians and escalating the human cost of future conflicts worldwide.
How One of the Deadliest Days in Lebanon’s Recent History Unfolded

Sep 25, 2024 | timep.org | Zeead Yaghi |Kassem Mnejja |Justin Salhani |Noura Aljizawi

558 dead. That was the official number given by Firass Abiad, the Minister of Health for the Lebanese government on the morning of September 24, 2024. 558 people were killed by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in a single day as it ramped up its bombing campaign across Lebanon. More have been killed since—at least 51 at the time of writing on September 25.
Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month

Sep 25, 2024 | accessnow.org | Kassem Mnejja

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Joint Civil Society Statement on the Ongoing Sabotage of Communication Devices and the Resulting Humanitarian Crisis

Sep 23, 2024 | aadr.network | Kassem Mnejja

We, the undersigned civil society organizations and independent human rights experts, strongly condemn the series of malicious and indiscriminate device explosions across Lebanon and Syria, which killed at least 37 people, including at least 2 children, and maimed or injured 3,400. These attacks —unprecedented in method and scale— are an appalling violation of the right to life and core tenets of human rights and humanitarian norms.
Internet in Conflict: Sudan’s Battle for Connection

Sep 19, 2024 | timep.org | Kassem Mnejja |Justin Salhani |Noura Aljizawi |Hamid Khalafallah

Sudan has been caught in a devastating conflict since April 15, 2023, when fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Why #NoExamShutdown should be every country’s class motto

Sep 5, 2024 | accessnow.org | Kassem Mnejja

In many parts of the world, it’s back-to-school season. But as those students prepare for another year of academic assignments and late-night study sessions, the #NoExamShutdown campaign has been assessing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) authorities on their success in keeping their classrooms and countries connected during exam season — and we’ve found that very few of them have made the grade.