Saudi Arabia grants women the right to drive while arresting women activists; governments use 'anti-terror' legislation in Bahrain and Egypt to crush dissent; repression of activists in Iran and UAE; Israel considers criminalising filming or recording Israeli soldiers as targeting of Palestinian journalists continues.
Source: MEDIA FEED
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