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Arab Spring and repression continue from Rabat to Manama

Published on 4 August 2011Read

Repression continues

Ali Al-Abdallah freed

Published on 16 July 2011Read

Authorities block news coverage to get Yemen off international community’s agenda

As in Syria and Bahrain, it is become increasingly difficult for both the national and international media to cover the protests in Yemen and the (...)

Published on 4 July 2011 Read

Journalist deported, others tried in Bahrain, reporter kidnapped, others hounded in Yemen

BAHRAIN Finian Cunningham, an Irish journalist and writer who has been living in Bahrain for years, was “invited to leave” by the Bahraini (...)

Published on 22 June 2011 Read

Attack on AFP’s Amman bureau, media counter-offensive by Syrian regime

JORDAN Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns an attack on the Agence France-Presse bureau in Amman on 15 June by a dozen men armed with (...)

Published on 18 June 2011 Read

Crackdown continues in Bahrain, bloggers go on trial in Emirates

BAHRAIN Regime officials have reportedly taken over the Facebook and Twitter pages of Rasad News, a major source of news about human rights (...)

Published on 16 June 2011 Read

Attacks on journalists and media in Iraq and Yemen, two bloggers freed in Saudi Arabia

IRAQ Reporters Without Borders condemns the recent attacks on journalists by the Iraqi security forces. The authorities are resorting to every (...)

Published on 1 June 2011 Read

Amid international indifference, targeted repression continues in Bahrain and Yemen

BAHRAIN In the past few days, the authorities have arrested more photographers and photo-journalists who had been covering the pro-democracy (...)

Published on 24 May 2011 Read

Governments still cracking down hard on media covering pro-democracy demonstrations

SYRIA The crackdown by the Syrian authorities on media trying to cover the anti-government protests continues to escalate. Arrests, threats (...)

Published on 10 May 2011 Read

From Tripoli to Manama, no let-up in abuses against news media

SYRIA Anyone who dares to speak out continues to be exposed to arbitrary arrest. One of the latest victims is Omar Koush, a writer and (...)

Published on 2 May 2011 Read

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Middle East & North Africa - 4 August 2011

Alarming statement and constant harassment offer no respite for journalists

Middle East & North Africa - 4 August 2011

Arab Spring and repression continue from Rabat to Manama

Yemen - 3 August 2011

Government develops “National Internet” to combat international Internet’s impact

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Writer and journalist Michel Kilo, 67, is an emblematic figure in the struggle for democracy in Syria. In his articles for Arab newspapers such as An-Nahar, Al-Hayat, As-Safir and Al Quds Al Arabi, he is well known for his acerbic political analyses.

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