Aymen
@zaghdoudist.bsky.social
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The rules are set to change — but not to protect people's rights. Across the MENA region, new social media laws are being proposed with one aim: to expand state control over online expression. Learn more: www.accessnow.org/mena-social-...
How MENA's social media regulations silence and control
MENA's social media regulations give the appearance of legitimacy but threaten to increase state censorship and control.
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🔔 Join us on July 23 at 10 AM EST for an online event on Tunisia’s trajectory five years since Saied’s power grab and what the future holds for the country, with Mondher Tounsi, Sahar Mechmech, @tmegrisi.bsky.social, Aymen Zaghdoudi, moderated by @maitelsadany.bsky.social. timep.org/2026/07/09/t...
NEW REPORT: War propaganda 2.0 is evolving. Targeted digital ads now influence every moment during conflict, often normalizing violence and justifying abuses. Our new report reveals how online ads fuel these harms and why this demands urgent attention. 🧵▶️
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights - Access Now
Access Now’s latest report examines how propaganda for war and online ads intersect with the international human rights law.
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🚨 Bahrain must halt repressive amendments to its press law! Misleading reforms, massive fines, and mandatory licensing will deepen censorship, not protect journalists. We urge the Shura Council to reject these proposals. Read more ➡️ www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Access Now - Bahrain: halt repressive amendments to the press law
Access Now calls on Bahrain’s Shura Council to reject the government’s proposed amendments to the Law on Press, Printing, and Publishing.
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Authoritarian regimes in the MENA increasingly use cybercrime & online content laws to restrict freedom of expression. MEDC's @yasminoviech.bsky.social recently sat down with @zaghdoudist.bsky.social to discuss how we can take back the virtual space. 📹 Watch here: mideastdc.org/events/liber...
We join 20 orgs in a letter to PM Keir Starmer to urgently raise concerns about the ongoing detention of British-Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, as well as the rapidly deteriorating health of his mother, Laila Soueif. #FreeAlaa Read the letter ⤵️ www.englishpen.org/posts/campai...
Urgent appeal for Alaa Abd el-Fattah and Laila Soueif - News & Events - English PEN
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Aymen Zaghdoudi is Access Now’s Middle East and North Africa Senior Policy Counsel. He is also an assistant Professor at the Institute of Press and Information Sciences in Tunisia. @zaghdoudist.bsky.social #rightscon2025 @brettsolomon.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0u0i...
Great piece on freedom of expression in armed conflict. Proud of my friend Chantal Joris for this deep and valuable contribution to the debate on this topic. www.article19.org/free-express...
Information saves lives: How expression protects civilians in armed conflict - ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19’s new policy sets out how international law protects people’s right to free expression during armed conflict.
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Cybercrime laws across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are being weaponized to stifle dissent + crush freedoms – going beyond combating real crimes. The new @UN Cybercrime treaty could legitimize these abuses. www.accessnow.org/arab-region-...
Lessons from the Arab region for UN cybercrime convention
The UN cybercrime convention will allow governments across the Arab region and worldwide to use cybercrime laws to violate human rights.
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