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Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Egypt
June 14, 2017
Five more sites blocked in Egypt, raising total to 62
Five additional websites offering VPN services, including TunnelBear, CyberGhost, Hotspot Shield, TigerVPN and ZenVPN were blocked on Tuesday, along with…
Activists launch campaign against Facebook over ads for Israeli settlements
Egypt
January 27, 2015
Activists launch campaign against Facebook over ads for Israeli settlements
A group of activists launched a campaign against Facebook under "Facebook: Do not promote settlements" after running an advertisement for…
Q&A: A primer on Syria’s nearly year-old uprising and crackdown
World
March 3, 2012
Q&A: A primer on Syria’s nearly year-old uprising and crackdown
After weeks of bloody siege, Syrian troops have moved into one of the most restive neighborhoods of Homs, one of…
Stop the killing, UN chief tells Syria’s Assad
World
January 15, 2012
Stop the killing, UN chief tells Syria’s Assad
The UN chief told Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to "stop killing your people" and the Syrian leader offered an amnesty…