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Matt J. Duffy

Matt J. Duffy, PhD, teaches journalism at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. His book Media Laws of the United Arab Emirates was recently published by Wolters Kluwer.

Police officers walk during the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai May 6, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: CRIME LAW TRAVEL BUSINESS) - RTXZCAO

How security forces keep critics quiet in 'progressive' UAE

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UAE Twitter activist not guilty but still in custody

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Journalists concerned over Qatar's revised cybercrime law

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Two more sentenced for tweets under UAE's cybercrime law

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American jailed in UAE over satirical video

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Traders monitor stock information at the Emirates Securities Market in Abu Dhabi December 12, 2010. REUTERS/Fadi Al-Assaad (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: BUSINESS) - RTXVNM8

UAE Professor Challenges Cybercrime Law on Twitter

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Video of UAE Official Beating Indian Driver Sparks Debate

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A man walks past the Dubai Courts November 1, 2012. REUTERS/Jumana ElHeloueh (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: CRIME LAW) - RTR39UPY

UAE Trial Adds to Controversy Over Press Freedom, Political Islam

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People stand outside the federal supreme court, where the verdict for five political activists was read out, in Abu Dhabi November 27, 2011. The activists convicted on Sunday of insulting the leaders of the United Arab Emirates were sentenced to between two and three years in jail. REUTERS/Nikhil Monteiro (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTR2UJ0C

Emirati Sent to Jail Over 'False Tweets'

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An illustration picture shows the log-on icon for the Website Twitter on an Ipad in Bordeaux, Southwestern France, January 30, 2013. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau (FRANCE - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS) - RTR3D6NN

UAE Arrests Activist For 'False News' Tweets

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People walk past a court in AL-Ain January 10, 2010. Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, a member of Abu Dhabi's ruling family, was found innocent on Sunday of the torture and rape of an Afghan in a case that embarrassed the Gulf Arab emirate and raised questions over human rights. The judge reading the verdict at the court in the United Arab Emirates, the world's third largest oil exporter and a key U.S. ally, did not give a reason why Sheikh Issa was exonerated of responsibility for abuse shown in a video fi

UAE Bars Foreign Journalists From Trial

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