Reporters Without Borders

Court crackdown

Published on 10 October 2011Read

Bahrain

Jail terms upheld for Shiite opposition members, trials of photographers begin

Reporters Without Borders condemns a special court’s decision on appeal on 27 September to uphold the prison sentences that were passed on 22 June (...)

Published on 29 September 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Bloodbath in Yemen, violence throughout the region

YEMEN – Third journalist killed since start of protests Reporters Without Borders has learned that that Al-Hurra TV cameraman Hassan Al-Wadhaf (...)

Published on 27 September 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Crackdowns on pro-democracy protests continue to affect journalists, Morocco and Tunisia still try to gag information

SYRIA Ahmed Bilal, a producer with Falesteen TV who is known to be a supporter of democratic change, was arrested yesterday in the Damascus (...)

Published on 15 September 2011 Read

Bahrain

Detained blogger Abduljalil Al-Singace on hunger strike

Several detainees in Gurayn military prison, including the blogger Adbuljalil Al-Singace, have begun a hunger strike and have issued a joint (...)

Published on 6 September 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Despotic regimes continue to obstruct coverage of revolutions

SYRIA Reporters Without Borders condemns the beating that Samer Al-Shami, a photographer for the SANA agency, received on 30 August and the (...)

Published on 1 September 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Violence, blocked websites and prosecutions – anti-media offensive continues

Yemen Reporters Without Borders condemns the attempted assassination of deputy information minister Abdu Al-Ganadi. A bomb exploded outside his (...)

Published on 20 August 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Arab Spring and repression continue from Rabat to Manama

While Bahrain and Saudi Arabia use mainly technical means (including satellite jamming and website blocking) to obstruct media freedom, Yemen and (...)

Published on 4 August 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Preventive arrests and "German chair" for detainees in Syria

Syria The repression is not letting up after four months of protests. Reporters Without Borders has registered more than 70 abuses against media (...)

Published on 26 July 2011 Read

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