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Bahrain's record on human rights has been described by Human Rights Watch as "dismal", and having "deteriorated sharply in the latter half of 2010". Their...

Freedom of speech is the concept of the inherent human right to voice one's opinion publicly without fear of censorship or punishment. "Speech" is not...

The Kingdom of Bahrain is deemed ‘Not Free’ in terms of Net Freedom and Press Freedom by Freedom House. The 2016 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters...

violate human rights and freedom of information. The five "State Enemies of the Internet" named in March 2013 are: Bahrain, China, Iran, Syria, and Vietnam...

abolished in 1923. A form of sexual slavery of young boys called bacha bāzī continues into the present day as of 2025. Afghanistan portal Freedom of speech portal...

Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made...

the constitution's provision of freedom of speech, the authorities possess significant discretion to suppress any speech, organization, or activity lacking...

provided for freedom of speech "within the limits of public interest and principles of the Revolution", but in practice freedom of speech and the press...

criticism of the monarchy. While there is no general right to free speech in the UK, British citizens have a negative right to freedom of expression...

Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava in Syria formed during the Syrian Civil War, guarantees freedom of religion. Free speech has been largely censored in the...

The 2011 Bahraini uprising was a series of anti-government protests in Bahrain led by the mainly Shia and some Sunni Bahraini opposition from 2011 until...

France has a long history of governmental censorship, particularly in the 16th to 19th centuries, but today freedom of press is guaranteed by the French...

In Hong Kong, censorship, which refers to the suppression of speech or other public communication, raises issues regarding the freedom of speech. By law...

In Taiwan, censorship involves the suppression of speech or public communication and raises issues of freedom of speech, which is protected by Article...

according to Article 90 of the Constitution of Turkey (so amended in 2004). Despite legal provisions, freedom of the press in Turkey has steadily deteriorated...

Censorship in Mexico includes all types of suppression of free speech in Mexico. This includes all efforts to destroy or obscure information and access...

reporters in Bahrain were jailed. Some were also tortured or were exiled. According to the reports of the RSF in 2007, the freedom of Press in Iran ranked...

other causes adopted by Al-Yousif is the promotion of freedom of speech in Bahrain and on the internet. In an entry entitled "It's Over" posted on his blog...

The Day of Rage (Arabic: يوم الغضب, romanized: Yawm al-Ghaḍab) is the name given by protesters in Bahrain to 14 February 2011, the first day of the national...

direct preemptive restriction on freedom of speech, and the broader concept of freedom of expression. Laws vary by country in accordance with the legal principles...