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Palestinian Territories - Latest on media exclusion from Gaza Strip - 6.01.2009Source : Reporters Without Borders | 07-Jan-2009 01:08
United Arab Emirates - Letter to government voicing concern about proposed press law reform - 5.01.2009
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 07:22
Iran - Judicial authorities urged to clarify reasons for leading blogger's detention - 31.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders calls on the judicial authorities to clarify why Hossein Derakhshan, a leading blogger with Iranian and Canadian dual nationality, has been detained since 1 November. The judiciary's spokesman yesterday reportedly said he was being held in connection with comments he posted online about key figures of the Shiite faith.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 07:22
Iraq - US military urged to discipline soldiers who shot woman journalist in Baghdad - 3.01.2009
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 07:07
Iran - Against Gaza backdrop, government closes newspaper and sends supporters to intimidate Nobel peace laureate - 2.01.2009
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 06:52
Algeria - Judicial authorities unearth more libel cases against national daily - 30.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 06:37
Palestinian territories - Media involved in several incidents since start of Israeli offensive against Gaza Strip - 30.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 06-Jan-2009 06:22
Israel/Gaza: Possible Israeli Ground Incursion into Gaza Risks Increase in Civilian Casualties, Warns Amnesty International
Human Rights Organization Reiterates Call to Grant Humanitarian Workers Immediate Access to Gaza.
Source : Amnesty International | 31-Dec-2008 06:00
Algeria - Three-month jail terms for newspaper editor and reporter - 23.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 24-Dec-2008 01:23
Morocco/Western Sahara: Irregularities in Sahrawi activist's trial
Amnesty International is concerned about the recent sentencing of Sahrawi activist Mustafa Abdel Dayem, currently on hunger strike, to three years in prison on the basis of what he claims was a falsified record of statements he made in custody
Source : Amnesty International | 23-Dec-2008 06:00
Iran: Enforced closure of human rights centre an ominous development
Enforced closure of human rights centre an ominous development
Source : Amnesty International | 23-Dec-2008 06:00
Iran - Closure of Nobel laureate's human rights organisation condemned - 22.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 22-Dec-2008 19:21
Iran - Imprisoned journalist denied hospital treatment suffers second heart attack - 18.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 22-Dec-2008 19:06
Iran - Authorities urged to quash 30-month prison sentence imposed on blogger - 19.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 20-Dec-2008 01:11
Egypt - Two bloggers jailed, a third held incommunicado - 19.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of three bloggers - Reda Abderrahman Ali (http://www.elaphblog.com/page.aspx?U=459&page=2), Mohammed Adel (http://43arb.info/meit) and Abdelaziz Mogahed (http://elmogahed02.blogspot.com) - in the past seven weeks because of what they posted online.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 19-Dec-2008 13:05
Yemen: Threats against Jewish community
Amnesty International is deeply concerned for the safety of members of the Jewish community in north-western Yemen following the killing of one member of the community and anonymous serious threats to others to leave Yemen or face death
Source : Amnesty International | 19-Dec-2008 06:00
Israel: Conscience behind bars - youths jailed for refusing to serve in the army
Amnesty International today added its voice to peace activists in Israel and around the world participating in a day of action to call on Israeli authorities to release teenagers imprisoned for refusing to serve in the army for reasons of conscience
Source : Amnesty International | 18-Dec-2008 06:00
Iraq: Allegations of beating of Iraqi journalist must be investigated
Amnesty International today called on the Iraqi authorities to investigate reports that Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W
Source : Amnesty International | 17-Dec-2008 06:00
Iraq - Call for leniency for Muntadar al-Zaidi after shoe throwing protest - 16.12.2008
?We obviously regret that the journalist used this method of protest against the politics of the American president?, the worldwide press freedom organisation said. ?But for humanitarian reasons and to ease tension, we call for the release of Muntadar al-Zaidi who has been held by the Iraqi authorities for two days.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 16-Dec-2008 19:24
Syria - Appeal court quashes early release for Michel Kilo - 15.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns today's refusal by a plenary session of the Damascus appeal court to grant journalist and human rights activist Michel Kilo early release. The judges overturned an earlier ruling by the court in favour of Kilo's release from Adra prison, in a Damascus suburb.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 15-Dec-2008 19:04
Lebanon - Tribute to press freedom martyr on third anniversary of murder - 12.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders appeals to the United Nations to help bring Gebran Tueni's murderers to justice. A parliamentarian and publisher of one of the Middle-East's leading Arabic-language dailies, Tueni was killed in a targeted car-bombing in the Beirut suburb of Mkalles three years ago today.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 13-Dec-2008 01:02
Tunisia - Journalist and human rights lawyer prevented from attending Arab media forum in Beirut - 12.12.2008
Journalist Lotfi Hidouri was arrested at Tunis' Carthage airport on 10 December as he was about to take a flight with other Tunisian journalists to attend the third Independent Arab Press Forum in Beirut. Human rights lawyer Mohammed Abbou was also prevented from taking the same flight to attend the forum.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 12-Dec-2008 13:16
Iran - Authorities step up Internet surveillance, cyber-dissident sentenced to five years in prison - 11.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 11-Dec-2008 19:10
Middle East: Human rights defenders barred from leaving Iran, Tunisia
As human rights activists across the world marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) yesterday, both the governments of Iran and Tunisia prevented leading human rights activists from travelling abroad
Source : Amnesty International | 11-Dec-2008 06:00
Egypt: Interview with Egyptian human rights defender
Egypt: Interview with Egyptian human rights defender
Source : Amnesty International | 10-Dec-2008 06:00
Syria - Authorities continue judicial persecution of jailed cyber-dissident - 9.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns the way the authorities are conducting the trial of cyber-dissident Habib Saleh and reiterates its call for his release. The first supposedly public hearing in his trial took place before a Damascus court of assizes on 1 December but his daughter was the only member of the public allowed to attend and the hearing began without his lawyers being present.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 09-Dec-2008 13:14
IRAN: Halted execution highlights inherent cruelty of death penalty
News that a prisoner was cut down from the gallows a few minutes after his execution began and then taken to hospital for resuscitation highlights the inherent cruelty and arbitrary nature of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today
Source : Amnesty International | 09-Dec-2008 06:00
Morocco - Another large fine imposed on embattled Arabic-language daily - 3.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 03-Dec-2008 19:06
Iraq - Doctor jailed in Kurdistan for writing about homosexuality - 2.12.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 02-Dec-2008 19:04
Syria - Letter to President Assad about record number of detained journalists and cyber-dissidents - 2.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders wrote to Syrian President Bashar el-Assad today condemning his silence and inaction in the face of an increase in arrests and convictions of journalists and cyber-dissidents. A total of nine are currently held - the highest number at any one time since he became president in July 2000.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 02-Dec-2008 18:49
Iran - Four-year sentence for online journalist who posted dissident ayatollah's sermon - 1.12.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns the four-year prison sentence which a special court for the clergy in the religious city of Qom imposed on online journalist and cleric Mojtaba Lotfi on 29 November for disseminating the views of Ayatollah Hussein Ali Montazeri and for ?publicity against the government.?
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 02-Dec-2008 01:08
Lebanon - Journalist seriously injured during a pro-Syrian rally - 27.11.2008
Reporters Without Borders said it was sickened by an attack today on television journalist, Omar Harqous, of the channel Future News. ?Press freedom in Lebanon is threatened by these increasingly frequent attacks against journalists. It is vital that the authorities quickly open an investigation to identify and try Omar Harqous's assailants?, the organisation said.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 28-Nov-2008 01:16
Iran - One journalist held incommunicado, a second stabbed - 27.11.2008
"We call for Totonchi's release especially as, more than a week after his arrest, no charges have been brought against him.Meanwhile, the physical attack on a journalist who was covering sensitive social issues serves as a danger alert to the entire media."Reporters Without Borders said.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 27-Nov-2008 19:26
Egypt - Two bloggers being detained at secret locations - 26.11.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 26-Nov-2008 19:03
Lebanon: End harassment of human rights defender Muhamad Mugraby
On the eve of the expected decision in the case against lawyer and human rights defender Muhamad Mugraby in which he is accused of slandering a public official, Amnesty International is calling on the Lebanese authorities to drop the charge
Source : Amnesty International | 26-Nov-2008 06:00
Tunisia - Young woman journalist arrested and manhandled while covering student demo - 25.11.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 25-Nov-2008 19:11
Iran - Two cyber-dissidents jailed, 5 million websites censored - 20.11.2008
Reporters Without Borders condemns online journalist Shahnaz Gholami's arrest at her Tehran home on 9 November without any official reason being given. Her arrest came just a few days before a publication that supports the president called the Internet a ?tool of subversion.?
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 20-Nov-2008 19:17
Iraq - New call for release of photographer held by US army - 20.11.2008
Reporters Without Borders and its Iraqi partner organisation the Journalistic Freedom Observatory today renewed their call for the release of photographer Ibrahim Jassam of Reuters news agency, who has been detained by the US Army since 1st September 2008. ?After 31 December 2008, Jassam can no longer be held in custody without being brought before a judge", the two organisations said.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 20-Nov-2008 19:02
Israel/Gaza Strip - Foreign reporters prevented from entering Gaza Strip for past two weeks - 20.11.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 20-Nov-2008 18:47
Algeria - Provincial reporter still being harassed two years after leaving newspaper - 17.11.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 17-Nov-2008 19:14
Tunisia: Former political prisoners face harassment
The hunger strike staged since 2 October by former political prisoner, Abdellatif Bouhajila, to protest against the authorities' denial to grant him access to medical care and to issue him a passport is a stark reminder of the harassment faced by former political prisoners in Tunisia, said Amnesty International today
Source : Amnesty International | 14-Nov-2008 06:00
Tunisia - Independent TV reporter wanted by police for coverage of unrest in mining region - 13.11.2008
Reporters Without Borders calls for the withdrawal of the charges brought against TV reporter Fahem Boukadous because of his coverage of this year's protests in the Gafsa mining region. ?The Tunisian authorities cannot keep reiterating their commitment to press freedom at every major national event if a journalist is forced to go into hiding", said the organisation.
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 13-Nov-2008 19:07
Bahrain: End Threats to Rights Activists
Interior Minister Warned of Criminal Punishment for ?Foreign? Contacts Bahrain?s government should withdraw a threat by the interior minister to prosecute human rights activists for having met with foreign government officials while abroad, Human Rights Watch said today.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 12-Nov-2008 06:00
Award to Saudi Human Rights Lawyer
(New York, November 11, 2008) ? Human Rights Watch today honored Abd al-Rahman al-Lahim, a Saudi human rights lawyer, with the 2008 Human Rights Defenders Award in London. Al-Lahim is prevented from traveling abroad by the Saudi authorities (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/08/28/saudia19710.htm), and was unable to receive the award in person. He prepared a speech representing his personal views that was read to assembled guests on his behalf (http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/11/11/saudia20182.htm).
Source : Human Rights Watch | 12-Nov-2008 06:00
Egypt: End ?Shoot to Stop? Practice at Sinai Border Crossings
Israel and Egypt Should Halt Forced Returns to Abuse (Cairo, November 12, 2008) ? Since June 2007, Egyptian border guards have killed at least 32 African migrants trying to cross into Israel, and Israel has forcibly returned at least 139 border crossers to Egypt, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Egypt has detained those returned, not revealed their whereabouts, and reportedly deported some to their home countries where they face a substantial risk of persecution.
Source : Human Rights Watch | 11-Nov-2008 06:00
Iraq / Kurdistan - Kurdish newspaper editor gets a month in prison for ?defaming? legal system - 10.11.2008
Source : Reporters Without Borders | 11-Nov-2008 01:05