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– Gender rights hypocrisy, a Youtube ban, and anti-terrorism legislation used to crush dissent: A dark month in the MENA region (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 7, 2018

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.
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