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Saudi Arabia – Journalist prosecuted for “blasphemous” tweets
Reporters Without Borders is extremely concerned about Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist employed by the daily Al-Bilad, who is facing a possible death sentence for three tweets on the Prophet Mohammed’s birthday which the Saudi authorities regard as blasphemous. “Saudi Arabia has again demonstrated its implacable intolerance of freedom of expression,” Reporters Without Borders said, calling for Kashgari’s immediate release. Aged 23, Kashgari was arrested on 9 February in Malaysia, to which (…)
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Saudi Arabia – Three online television journalists freed
Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday’s release of three Web TV journalists – Firas Baqna, Khalid Al-Rasheed and Hussam Al-Darwish – who were held arbitrarily for two weeks, without being charged and without any reason being given, in what was clearly an attempt to intimidate them and get them to censor themselves. Three online television journalists held by Saudi police 20/10/2011 Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Firas Baqna, Khalid al-Rasheed and Hussam al-Darwish, (…)
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Saudi Arabia – Three online television journalists held by Saudi police
Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrest of Firas Baqna, Khalid al-Rasheed and Hussam al-Darwish, members of the production team of the Saudi Internet television series “Malub Aleyna”. The series, spread over several episodes, tackles subjects that receive little coverage in the traditional Saudi media, such as sex discrimination, inflation and the lives of young people in Riyadh. The fourth episode, posted on YouTube on 10 October and entitled “The Poor”, reported on the living (…)
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Yemen – 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 Syria continue to resort to violence. Blogger and reporters covering pro-democracy demonstrations have also been roughed up in Morocco. BAHRAIN Lualua TV, a satellite TV station launched by 15 members of the Bahraini opposition on 17 July in London, has been jammed since the first day despite changing frequency regularly. According to Eutelsat, (…)
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Saudi Arabia – Repressive regulations target Internet freedom of expression
Reporters Without Borders condemns the new regulations for news and information websites that culture and information minister Abdul Aziz Khoja announced on 1 January. They reinforce the government’s already draconian efforts to censor the Internet, which has nonetheless continued to be an unprecedented space for expression in Saudi Arabia. According article 7 of the regulations, online media, the websites of traditional media and sites offering audio and video content or advertising will (…)
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Saudi Arabia – University professor held over Internet article about royal family
Reporters Without Borders condemns law professor Mohammed Abdallah Al-Abdulkarim’s detention in Riyad since 5 December for writing an article for a website about splits within the Saudi royal family. Abdulkarim, 40, was arrested at his home by four men with no warrant on 5 December, 12 days after posting an article on the Royaah.net website (http://royaah.net/) about 86-year-old King Abdallah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud’s departure for the United States for medical reasons. It referred not only to (…)
