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All Middle Eastern and North African countries featured in a newonline freedoms report have been ranked as “partly free” or “not free”, with many experiencing a decline in digital freedoms over the past year. In a ‘Freedom of the Net 2021’ report, written by US-watchdog Freedom House, the MENA region was the only region in the world to have no countries listed as “free” when it comes to online expression. Instead, government crackdowns, arbitrary arrests and restrictive laws on data and online access have resulted in an environment that mutes and stifles freedom of speech online across the reg…