Multiple convictions, detentions, and enforced disappearances were recorded during 2015 as the government cracked down on expressions of dissent online.
Freedom House
23 April 2016
"Overly broad" antiterrorism law introduced
Freedom House
31 October 2015
Ranked 169th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Ranked 118th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
Peaceful Islamist groups and government critics continue to be arbitrarily detained
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
27 August 2013
Ranked 164th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
12 March 2013
Cyber law passes giving authorities more latitude to crack down on activists using the Internet or social media to criticise the government or to organise demonstrations
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Mission to UAE investigates crackdown on free expression in which 64 activists have been detained
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
10 December 2012
"UAE 5" arrested for organising online pro-democracy movement and held for eight months
Reporters Without Borders
26 January 2012
Security forces arrest and hold in solitary confinement, Ahmed Mansoor, prominent blogger and member of Human Rights Watch’s MENA Advisory Committee
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2012