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Florence Massena

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Florence Massena is a freelance journalist based in Norway after six years spent in Lebanon. She reports on the environment, women's issues, human rights and refugees in the Middle East, Africa and Europe

Follow her on Twitter: @FlorenceMassena

Dozens of prisoners are estimated to suffering from Covid-19 in the Bahraini jails, and their families want them back home.

19 April, 2021

Organisations like Nabad wish to give artists and cultural institutes their spark back to help them go on with their projects and ideas post the devastating Beirut port blast.

11 March, 2021

In-depth: France has said it will dissolve Generation Identity, one of Europe's fastest growing far-right youth movements.

25 February, 2021

Arrested during a peaceful protest in Alger in November 2019, Walid Nekiche described to local newspaper the abuses he underwent until his release on February 1.

07 February, 2021

Arrested in 2017, human rights defender Ahmad Mansour has undergone unfair and inhumane treatments from the UAE's authorities

27 January, 2021

After Joe Biden was sworn in as its 46th president, the US faces questions on how to approach Jamal Khashoggi's murder blamed on the Saudi government, a key US ally.

21 January, 2021

A hashtag calling for Lebanese people to get vaccines before refugees has sparked renewed debate in Lebanon about racism, prejudice, and the right to medical care.

20 January, 2021

With homes still destroyed and no one held accountable for Beirut's devastating port blast, plans to build a memorial site could prove controversial.

10 December, 2020

In the aftermath of Beirut's explosion, citizens are fighting to protect the city's historic buildings.

24 September, 2020

Lebanon is on the verge of a mental health emergency after the trauma of the devastating Beirut explosion.

01 September, 2020