The results of an Israeli Army investigation, clearing a tank crew of any wrong-doing in the killing of Reuters' cameraman Fadel Shana in April in the Gaza Strip, could endanger all media professionals working in the Palestinian Territories, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has said. "This inquiry, which has been farcical in its nature, is likely to make life even more dangerous...
The Israeli government should carry out an independent investigation into the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said. New York-based CPJ also called on the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to work with journalists and media groups to ensure that journalists operating in the Gaza Strip are able to do their jobs safely. An Israeli military investigation...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Iranian authorities to make public any charges against a Kurdish journalist and human rights activist who they have held for more than two weeks, or release him immediately. On July 27, security forces arrested Saman Rasoulpour, 23, a Kurdish journalist and a member of the Organisation for the Defence of Human Rights in Kurdistan, in his...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is dismayed by the failure of the Egyptian authorities to shed light on the disappearance of a prominent journalist, five years ago, in one of the most secure districts in Cairo. Reda Helal, a senior editor at Egypt's leading state-owned daily Al-Ahram, mysteriously vanished on August 11, 2003, on his way home from work in a heavily guarded area in the
The Israeli military has decided to detain Ibrahim Hamad, a soundman employed by the Palestinian news agency Ramattan, for six months without bringing charges and without taking him before any court, according to Reporters sans Frontières (RSF). Israeli soldiers arrested him at his home in Qalandiyah, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 15. "The Israeli military may not under any...
Security service agents in Egypt recently confiscated copies of the independent newspapers Al-Dustour and Al Badil from stores, following the newspapers' publication of a story about an Egyptian businessman's connection to the murder of the well-known Lebanese singer Suzanne Tamim in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has reported. The seizure of...
An Iranian newspaper journalist has been executed for allegedly associating with a militant group and threatening national security, officials in Iran said Tuesday, according to a report in the Guardian. Yaghoob Mirnehad, a reporter for the Tehran-based Mardomsalari newspaper, was executed along with another man on Monday, a spokesman for the judiciary said. Some background: Mirnehad, who was...
Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) has condemned a shooting attack on journalist Amanaj Khalil, of the weekly Rudaw, on August 1 in Kani Kardatt, a region to the west of Sulaymaniyah in Iraqi Kurdistan. Khalil, who was not injured, had reportedly been getting threats because of one of his articles. "This attempt to murder Khalil should be taken seriously by the authorities in Kurdistan," Paris-based...
Voice of the People, a radio station operated by the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was closed down by Hamas in Gaza City on August 2. "The Islamist party Hamas must stop arbitrarily targeting news media just because they do not blindly relay its propaganda," Paris-based Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) said. "Press freedom is under serious threat in the Gaza Strip...
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned recent attacks on Palestinian journalists by both governments of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority which are locked in a political power struggle. The recent reports of torturing journalists in the Gaza Strip and West Bank is the culmination of an intimidation campaign against journalists and media which started during the violent...
