Against the background of the current protests in Lebanon, the country's authorities have increased pressure on journalists and activists as a means of silencing their critics. A report by Human Rights WatchMore

Leaked documents detail for the first time China's systematic brainwashing of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in a network of high-security prison camps. The Chinese government has consistently claimed the camps in the far western Xinjiang region offer voluntary education and training. But official documents, seen by BBC Panorama, show how inmates are locked up, indoctrinated and punished.More

In recent years, thousands of Uighurs in China have disappeared without trace. Critics of China's policy of ethnic discrimination fear that many are being held in detention camps. Mairinisha will not accept that her husband has just 'disappeared'. She's demanding the Chinese authorities release the father of her two children.More

The Turkish police have arrested Ahmet Altan again more than a week after his release from prison. The state news agency Anadolu reported that an arrest warrant was issued after the prosecutor general appealed against Altan's release.More

At Reem Assil's restaurant "Dyafa", seeing people enjoying my heritage through food felt like a lifelong cloud of hatred was being lifted, writes Janelles Lassalle.More

Writer and journalist Ehsan Masood explores the status of science in the modern Islamic world, and asks whether measures taken to promote science are having an impact on the working lives of Muslim scientists.More