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Arab Spring and repression continue from Rabat to Manama

Published on 4 August 2011Read

Violence continues

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

Published on 1 June 2011Read

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

More harassment of journalists covering pro-democracy demonstrations, one killed in Yemen

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that Jamal Al-Sharaabi, a photographer working for the local daily Al-Masdar, was one of the fatal (...)

Published on 19 March 2011 Read

Overview of media freedom violations of past few days

Reporters Without Borders presents an overview of the acts of violence against journalists and other media freedom violations that have taken (...)

Published on 8 March 2011 Read

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 (...)

Published on 8 January 2011 Read

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 (...)

Published on 7 December 2010 Read

Research In Motion under pressure to give access to BlackBerry user data

Reporters Without Borders condemns the suspension of BlackBerry instant messaging services announced by Saudi Arabia, where it was due to begin (...)

Published on 6 August 2010 Read

Human rights defender held since mid-June on charge of “annoying others”

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Sheikh Mekhlef bin Dahham al-Shammari, a writer, human rights (...)

Published on 22 July 2010 Read

King Abdallah pardons woman journalist sentenced to 60 lashes

Culture and information ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman al-Hazza announced today that King Abdallah has issued a royal decree quashing the (...)

Published on 26 October 2009 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

Saudi Arabia - 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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