Palestinian Territories

29 June 2009
Palestinian journalists being arbitrarily detained in both West Bank and Gaza, says IFJ

Palestinian journalists being arbitrarily detained in both West Bank and Gaza, says IFJ

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and the Hamas government in the Gaza strip to release Palestinian journalists who have been arbitrarily detained by their respective security forces. "We condemn this latest crackdown against journalists in Palestine," said Paco Audije, IFJ Deputy General Secretary. "Our colleagues must not...

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4 March 2009

Two journalists released by Palestinian Authority in West Bank, one still in prison

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has released two journalists in the West Bank on Monday, but yet another remains in custody, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The PA's Preventive Security Service freed Samer Khuaira, the Nablus correspondent for the London-based al-Quds TV station. Khuaira was arrested on January 24 after being summoned to the service's Nablus offices. He...

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20 February 2009

Detained cameraman released by Palestinian Authority after two weeks in jail

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the "unjustified" detention of journalists by the Palestinian Authority's Preventive Security Services. The latest case of this media repression concerns Isam Al Remawi, a cameraman with the Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA), who was arrested January 26 and finally released on February 10. "We condemn these arbitrary...

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9 February 2009

Al-Arabiyya journalist expelled from Gaza by Hamas

A journalist from the pan-Arab satellite channel Al-Arabiyya has been expelled from the Gaza Strip to Egypt, allegedly because of his coverage of Israel’s military operation in Gaza, and its aftermath, Media Line website has reported. Police belonging to the Interior Ministry in the Hamas’ Gaza-based deposed government ordered Al-Arabiyya correspondent, Wa'il Issam, to leave the Gaza Strip...

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29 January 2009

IFJ denies claim of bias and calls on Hamas to protect journalists in Gaza

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has denied claims from political leaders in Gaza that it was biased in its claims of Hamas interference and intimidation of journalists. In a statement issued on January 25, Hamas accused IFJ of "baseless statements" and "unacceptable partiality" following its comments after a two-day mission of international journalists' leaders to Gaza last week...

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29 January 2009
TV correspondents, cameraman detained by Palestinian Authority in West Bank

TV correspondents, cameraman detained by Palestinian Authority in West Bank

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has detained at least three journalists in the West Bank since Saturday, according to local news reports and journalists who spoke to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). On Monday, security forces detained Ahmad Dikkawi, correspondent for the London-based al-Quds TV station in Jenin. They also detained Samer Khuaira, the Nablus correspondent...

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5 December 2008

Hamas security forces free three Palestinian reporters in Gaza

Hamas security forces have freed three Palestinian journalists who they had arrested last month and accused of fabricating news critical of the Islamist group, agency Reuters has reported. The journalists, freed on December 3, worked in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip for the Palestine Press, a local news agency with ties to the group's main rival, President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction. The...

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1 December 2008
Ramattan news agency shuts down in response to Palestinian Authority's raids

Ramattan news agency shuts down in response to Palestinian Authority's raids

Ramattan news agency has closed down all its West Bank offices and suspended its website operations after security officers loyal to Paliestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas raided its headquarters in Ramallah and summoned eight employees for interrogation. Ramattan has accused PA of waging a campaign of harassment and intimidation against its staff in the West Bank. The independent agency...

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15 October 2008
Hamas reinforces control over Gaza media, introduces new accreditation system

Hamas reinforces control over Gaza media, introduces new accreditation system

Hams has announced a new system of accreditation for all telecommunications companies, Internet service providers, broadcast media and news agencies based in the Gaza Strip, which has been controlled by it since June 2007, Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has reported. Yusef Al-Mansi, the Hamas government’s minister of communication and information technology, told Paris-based RSF that the aim of...

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25 September 2008
Israeli and Palestinian journalists come together for more press freedom and safety

Israeli and Palestinian journalists come together for more press freedom and safety

Israeli journalists have spoken out against restrictions on freedom of movement facing reporters in Palestine and proposed a joint forum with Palestinian colleagues to deal with a range of problems facing media and journalists in the region. In a meeting with a delegation from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in Jerusalem recently leaders of the Jerusalem Association of...

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