Cyberdissidents.org Blogger Board Member Maikel Nabil writes "If you’re an atheist, then you’re lucky you aren’t in Bangladesh this week. Last Sunday, violence exploded in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, leaving at least 30 people dead. The violence was organized by a coalition of Islamic groups calling themselves “Hefazat-e Islam,” which means in...

It’s known as the “hair crackdown,”  and is the latest campaign in stifling people’s freedom of expression in Gaza. As many as two dozen young men donning long locks or wearing gel in their hair have been targeted in recent weeks en masse. Hamas police are forcing the young men out of their cars and shaving their hair, and in some extreme cases, are beating them as well. Hamas...

Hamas has prohibited women from participating in the third annual United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Gaza marathon to take place April 10th. UNRWA supports Palestinian refugees, and the marathon previously raised funds for the agency’s summer program for children living in Gaza. The annual event has been immensely popular, and served as a point of departure from the difficulties of...

Cyberdissidents.org Founder David Keyes was recently published on The New York Times' Opinion Pages. Below is an excerpt; the original article can be found here. "LAST week, a 26-year-old Palestinian activist, Anas Awwad, was sentenced in absentia by a court in Nablus, the West Bank, to one year in prison for “extending his tongue” against the Palestinian Authority’s...

On July 13, 2010, formerly imprisoned Egyptian democracy activist, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, wrote:   "A small group of activists in the Middle East have attacked CyberDissidents.org because some of its members are Israeli.  I serve as an advisory board member to this marvelous organization and I am saddened by the attacks on it.  CyberDissidents.org promotes freedom of...