repression

Anti-Crime and Policing Bill protest
Palestine Action
World
Live Story

Erosion of rights: UK Parliament passes bill limiting protests

Concerns over the bill centre on two main clauses, which critics describe as threatening the rights to protest and free expression in the United Kingdom.

Amer Sultan
15 April, 2026
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UK government
Perspectives

UK Policing Bill is a threat to right to protest for Palestine

JR

Jonathan Rosenhead

13 April, 2026
Khamenei accused 'seditionists' of being behind the violence in Iran [Getty]
Protests in Iran
MENA
Live Story

Iran leader demands crackdown on 'seditionists' after protests

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 January, 2026
Ahmed Souab was jailed for five years after a trial described as a 'joke' [Getty]
Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia court jails prominent lawyer for five years

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 October, 2025
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Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisian sentenced to death over anti-Saied Facebook posts

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
03 October, 2025
Banksy
repression
Voices

With not even Banksy spared, Keir lets loose his Starmertroopers

Zoe Lafferty

Zoe Lafferty

18 September, 2025
Police officers on patrol during the event
Istanbul
MENA
Live Story

Turkey orders detention of Istanbul district mayor

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 September, 2025
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Tunisia
In-depth
Live Story

In Kais Saied's Tunisia, the price of dissent is decades in jail

Intissar Gassara
16 July, 2025
Palestine Action
Palestine Action
Voices

If Palestine Action is a 'terror' organisation, what is the IDF?

Owen Jones

Owen Jones

02 July, 2025
Tunisian President of the Ennahda parliamentary group, Sahbi Atig, arrives at a meeting at the National Constituent Assembly
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisian court hands sentence to opposition figure Sahbi Atig

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 June, 2025
Boualem Sansal
Algeria
Perspectives

The world must rally around Algeria’s hunger artist

JMB

Jean-Michel Blanquer

12 March, 2025
Palestinians
Gaza
Unfiltered

How emotions are used to justify the genocide in Gaza

DZHP

Harry Pettit and Dina Zbeidy

18 February, 2025
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi
MENA
Live Story

What is the 'Arab Interpol' used to arrest Yusuf Qaradawi's son?

The New Arab Staff
10 January, 2025
Gaza
Gaza War
Perspectives

‘I want to fight wherever there is still life’ in Gaza & beyond

Paola

Paola Salwan Daher

02 January, 2025
Germany
Germany
Voices

Never again? How Germany is defying its vow by supporting Israel

Samar Saeed

Samar Saeed

19 December, 2024
Tunisia
Tunisia
Perspectives

Tunisian journalists are being imprisoned for doing their job

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Anonymous

09 December, 2024
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Tunisia
Perspectives

Student Victor Dupont's arrest in Tunisia shows no one is safe

The New Arab Staff

Anonymous

28 November, 2024
Rima Hassan
Keffiyeh
Interviews
Live Story

MEP Rima Hassan on Palestine advocacy and wearing the keffiyeh

The New Arab Staff

Chaima Gharsallaoui

25 October, 2024
US students
Gaza War
Voices

US political elites will defend Israel over student freedoms

Samar Saeed

Samar Saeed

26 September, 2024
A general view during the press conference outside Ennahda Party headquarters as Rached Ghannouchi, one of the main opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied, has been arrested on 17 April 2023 in Tunis, Tunisia
Tunisia
MENA
Live Story

Tunisian authorities arrest dozens from opposition party Ennahda

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
14 September, 2024
Algeria
MENA
Live Story

Algeria opposition figure released under judicial supervision

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 August, 2024