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Egypt – Journalists and bloggers among 12 people to appear before military courts
Reporters Without Borders objects to the decision to bring two journalists and two activist bloggers before military courts to face charges of harming the army’s image and seeking to overthrow the state. “The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has demonstrated once again its willingness to muzzle media workers, who are the repeated victims of military oppression,” the press freedom organization said. “This organization openly condemns the use of military courts to try journalists and (…)
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Israel – Israeli troops force two Palestinian TV stations to close
Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the raids that Israeli troops carried out on two Palestinian TV stations in the West Bank in the early hours of 29 February, seizing equipment and thereby forcing the stations to close. “These arbitrary and illegal operations served yet again to intimidate Palestinian media and journalists, the victims of repeated attacks by the Israel Defence Forces,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We urge the Israeli military to return the confiscated (…)
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Yemen – Letter urges new president to guarantee media freedom
Reporters Without Borders has written to Yemen’s new president, former Vice-President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who was confirmed in his new post on 21 February by an election in which he was the only candidate. The organization urges him to act as a guarantor of freedom of the media and information and thereby turn the page on former President Ali Abdallah Saleh’s repression. The text of the letter President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi Sanaa, Yemen Dear President Hadi, Elected Yemen’s (…)
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Iran – Elections: 48 million voters denied information, 48 journalists denied freedom
On the eve of tomorrow’s parliamentary elections in Iran, Reporters Without Borders condemns the censorship imposed on the media, which prevents them from playing their role during the polling, and the continuing, relentless crackdown on journalists. Iran’s 48 million voters are being denied the independently-reported news and information they need to make a choice. The crackdown on journalists and netizens has intensified. No independent media has been spared the political and judicial (…)
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Libya – Militia holding two British journalists urged to surrender them to competent authorities
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the continuing detention of two British TV journalists, reporter Nicholas Davies-Jones and cameraman Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, who were arrested in Tripoli on 21 February by a Misrata-based militia and are still being held by the same militia. According to Human Rights Watch, three Libyans who were accompanying the journalists were also arrested. The journalists, freelancers who mainly work for Iran’s state-owned English-language TV news station (…)
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Tunisia – Newspaper publisher released conditionally amid continuing tension
Tunis judge Faouzi Jebali yesterday granted Nasreddine Ben Saida, the publisher of the daily Attounissia, a provisional release and postponed his trial until 8 March. Ben Saida, who went on hunger strike, was held for more than a week for publishing a photo of a football player embracing a naked model. The same judge is also presiding the trial of Nessma TV head Nabil Karoui, which has been postponed until 19 April. “We are relieved by Ben Saida’s release but it does not change the unjust (…)
