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2013-06-05

Matt J. Duffy: Despite Arab uprisings, press freedom still elusive
Tatiana Repkova | www.jadaliyya.com/pages/i ... |
Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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Arab World, Maghreb, Middle East, Northern Africa
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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia
Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Freedom of Information - Access to Internet
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Insult Laws - Lèse-majesté
Civil Laws - Defamation - Libel & Slander
Registration / Licensing of Journalists - Requirements
Covering / Reporting Incitement to Riot / Violence - Public Order / Extremism / Separatism / Sedition
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2013-04-29

Iraq revokes licenses of Al Jazeera and 9 other TV channels
Tatiana Repkova | www.nytimes.com/2013/04/2 ... |
Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar
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Arab World, Middle East
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Africa / Asia, Asia
Registration / Licensing of Publications / Broadcasters / Websites / Domains / Databases
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2013-04-24

The Doha Centre for Media Freedom: A report on media laws and regulations in the Gulf (in English and Arabic)
Tatiana Repkova | www.dc4mf.org/en/content/ ... |
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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Arab World, Middle East
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Africa / Asia, Asia
Media / Press / Web Laws / Regulations
Insult Laws - Lèse-majesté
Civil Laws - Defamation - Libel & Slander
Registration / Licensing of Journalists - Requirements
News Media Markets - Landscape - Numbers of titles - Business & Financial Results
Covering / Reporting Incitement to Riot / Violence - Public Order / Extremism / Separatism / Sedition
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2013-04-24

Press freedom group urges Kuwait to drop proposed fines for insulting the ruler and further media clampdowns
Tatiana Repkova | www.washingtonpost.com/bu ... |
Kuwait
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Arab World, Middle East
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Africa / Asia, Asia
Freedom of Expression / Information / Press - Access to Information - Press Credentials - Accreditation
Insult Laws - Lèse-majesté
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2013-04-10

Kuwait proposes $1m fine for Emir insults
Tatiana Repkova | www.nytimes.com/aponline/ ... |
Kuwait
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Arab World, Middle East
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Africa / Asia, Asia
Insult Laws - Lèse-majesté
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2013-04-05

Internet use in the Middle East, North Africa still lags far behind: Saudi Arabia, the UAE lead the pack
Tatiana Repkova | www.emarketer.com/Article ... |
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates
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Arab World, Maghreb, Middle East, Northern Africa
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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia
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2012-10-20

Research: Thanks to social media, Arabs become more tolerant
Tatiana Repkova | english.alarabiya.net/art ... |
Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
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Arab World, Middle East, Northern Africa
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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience
Covering / Reporting Hate Speech - Inflammatory Reporting - Racism / Antisemitism / Xenophobia / Homophobia / Tolerance
Social Media Generally - Social Websites / Networking - Social Journalism
Press / Media Concepts - Role of Media
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2012-09-27

Ageing infrastructure is to blame for low broadband penetration; price cuts will do little to boost subscriptions
Tatiana Repkova | www.reuters.com/article/2 ... |
Kuwait
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Arab World, Middle East
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Africa / Asia, Asia
Internet Technology / Access / Practices - Broadband - VOIP (Skype) - Machine-to-Machine (M2M)
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2012-06-08

How the Arab World uses Facebook and Twitter [INFOGRAPHICS]
Tatiana Repkova | mashable.com/2012/06/08/a ... |
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
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Arab World, Eastern Africa, Maghreb, Middle East, Northern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa
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Africa, Africa / Asia, Asia
Online / Digital / Integrated Readership / Traffic / Audience - Marketing Research / Surveys - Internet Users - End-User Behavior / Experience
Social Media Generally - Social Websites / Networking - Social Journalism
Mobile Blogs / Moblogs - Microblogs - Twitter
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2012-02-21

Al Dar newspaper suspended for another two weeks for "breaking the publishing laws"
Tatiana Repkova | gulfnews.com/news/gulf/ku ... |
Kuwait
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Arab World, Middle East
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Africa / Asia, Asia
Banned / Suspended Newspapers / Publications / Other Media