2005-2014

Press freedom organisaitons have voiced concern over the repeated harassment of journalist Abdul Karim Al-Khaiwani by the Yemen government. The latest incident happened last week when Khaiwani was attacked by unknown assailants suspected of being security officers. Journalist Abdul-Kareem al-Khaiwani speaks to reporters at the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate in Sana'a August 29, 2007. Al-Khaiwani...

NEW YORK, September 4, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the recent violent attack against journalist Joel Abilay, a radio reporter for Radio GMA (RGMA) in Cadiz City of the province of Negros Occidental. According to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and local media reports, Abilay was stabbed twice in the back and seriously wounded by an unknown...

A probe into alleged violations of judicial secrets in the so-called Clearstream affair, which included an attempt to search the offices of Paris-based satirical magazine Canard Enchaîné in May was concluded by two judges last week without anyone being charged. In this file photo former French President Jacques Chirac (left) shakes hands with former Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin at the...

Hamas has decided to stop dealing with the Palestine Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) and has gone to the extent saying that it would be dissolving the journalists union, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has reported. Journalists are increasingly under pressure in the region as the rivalry of Hamas and the Fatah faction in Palestinian politics has led to the growing separation of Gaza...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the attack on an Afghani television reporter who was covering the Taliban-Korean hostage crisis in Ghazni province on August 28. According to IFJ associate the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Association (AIJA), Ariana TV reporter Qasim Rahimi was assaulted by security officials on his way to where the negotiation talks concerning...

BAGHDAD: A cameraman for the independent satellite channel Al-Mousaliya was killed by unknown gunmen Monday in an ambush in the northern city of Mosul, police said. Amir Malallah al-Rashidi was killed in the ambush at 8 p.m. in an eastern part of the city by gunmen in two cars, said Police Brig. Gen. Abdul Karim al-Jubouri. The 38-year-old had worked for the state-run Iraqiya television before...

A year and a half following the violent shockwaves sent across the Islamic world with the publication of 12 editorial cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed and criticizing Islam in Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten, culture editor Flemming Rose said he apologizes for offending the sentiments of Muslim people but has no regrets as that would mean succumbing to pressure and compromising freedom of...

Reporters Without Borders voiced concern today about physical attacks on journalists with the El Mundo regional daily and the Red Uno TV station on 28 August in the eastern city of Santa Cruz during a demonstration by market traders protesting against a general strike by regional opponents of President Evo Morales’ central government. Journalists from the Spanish news agency EFE and Canal 7 TVB...

A Tunis criminal court has dismissed a libel case against the editor of an online newspaper after the plaintiff decided to withdraw his complaint, delayed reports have said. Charges of defamation had been leveled against Omar Mestiri, the editor of the online newspaper Kalima, by Tunisian lawyer Mohammed Baccar that could have led to his imprisonment for up to three years. The suit was a result of...

The editor of an independent Egyptian daily is to face prosecution over his paper's coverage of the state of President Hosni Mubarak's health. Recent speculation about the 79-year-old Mubarak has included his hospitalisation, travel abroad for medical treatment and even death, prompting him to make an unannounced visit to an industrial zone near his summer home on the Mediterranean coast in a bid...