Rights & Freedoms

Law & Accountability Lebanon
January 1, 1970
Towards an Independent Judicial Branch in Lebanon? Part 1: The Civil Judiciary
October 26, 2021

This first of two parts examines the role of Lebanon's civil judiciary and recent efforts at institutional reform amid an environment in which it is suffocated and coopted.

#Corruption #InternationalMonetaryFund #Judiciary #Mahienour Christians
by Karim Merhej
October 26, 2021
by Karim Merhej
October 26, 2021
#Corruption #InternationalMonetaryFund #Judiciary #Mahienour Christians
Governance & Politics Migration & Displacement Syria
January 1, 1970
Displaced Syrians are key to the political change that Syria needs
July 30, 2020

The rights of the displaced must be taken seriously and placed at the heart of the…

by Labib al-Nahhas
July 30, 2020
by Labib al-Nahhas
July 30, 2020
Media & Press
January 1, 1970
TIMEP and CPJ: Joint UPR Submission on Press Freedom in Lebanon
July 21, 2020

TIMEP and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have submitted a joint stakeholder report ahead of…

economy
by TIMEP
July 21, 2020
by TIMEP
July 21, 2020
economy
Digital & Cyberspace
January 1, 1970
Targeted Digital Threats in the Middle East and North Africa
July 10, 2020

by Joey Shea
July 10, 2020
by Joey Shea
July 10, 2020
Media & Press Digital & Cyberspace Egypt
January 1, 1970
Misinfo, Disinfo, and Fake News in Egypt’s COVID-19 “Infodemic”
May 8, 2020

As early as February, the World Health Organization warned of a “massive infodemic” that was accompanying…

by Joey Shea
May 8, 2020
by Joey Shea
May 8, 2020
Law & Accountability Social Movements Lebanon
January 1, 1970
Is the Lebanese government using COVID-19 to undermine protests?
May 1, 2020

Months of accumulation of economic challenges and disappointments in both the banking sector and the current…

by Luna Safwan
May 1, 2020
by Luna Safwan
May 1, 2020
Law & Accountability Religious & Ethnic Minorities Egypt
January 1, 1970
The Controversy of Banning Niqab in Public in Egypt
April 28, 2020

Calls for banning the niqab (the full face veil) in public places and state institutions in…

by Ishak Ibrahim
April 28, 2020
by Ishak Ibrahim
April 28, 2020
Governance & Politics
January 1, 1970
The coronavirus crisis isn’t creating new problems for Algeria—it’s exacerbating long-ignored ones
April 9, 2020

To add to their long list of woes, Algerians are now fighting a new battle threatening…

by Yasmina Allouche
April 9, 2020
by Yasmina Allouche
April 9, 2020
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