UN chief denounces killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced the killing of Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, who died due to an Israeli...
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Press groups denounce Israeli strike on Al Jazeera workers
Press rights groups on August 11th denounced an Israeli targeted strike that killed an Al Jazeera news team in Gaza,...
Gaza: Prominent Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel
In the late hours of August 10th, Israeli forces killed two prominent Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza, according to Middle...
Activists’ passports revoked in Hong Kong crackdown
Hong Kong authorities have ramped up their campaign against 16 pro-democracy activists living overseas by cancelling most of their passports...
Senegal: court sentences journalist and opposition leader
In Senegal, journalist, Bachir Fofana and opposition figure, Moustapha Diakhaté learned their fate on July 30th as they were sentenced...
Moroccan MP calls for protection of journalist detained by Israel
A Moroccan journalist is currently being held under Israeli custody, but the Member of Parliament Fatima Tamni and Reporters Without...
News organisations urge Israel to permit access into Gaza
International news organisations Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Associated Press (AP), Reuters, and the BBC on July 24th urged Israel to...
Tunisian court jails journalist as rights groups protest crackdown
A Tunisian appeal court has upheld a six-month prison sentence against journalist and pro-Palestine activist Ghassan Ben Khelifa for “offending...
Burkina Faso releases two journalists and human rights activist
On July 17th, Burkina Faso released two journalists and a human rights activist, as reported by Radio France Internationale. Journalists...
Algeria: almost 100 public figures call for release of French sportswriter
Around 100 public figures, including actors, journalists and singers, have called for the release of French sportswriter, Christophe Gleizes, who...
UK: BBC Gaza film did not breach impartiality rules, review says
The BBC has found that it did not breach its impartiality policies, following an investigation into its broadcasting of a...
Senegal: freedom of expression undermined by myriad arrests
Prosecuted on the basis of controversial articles of the penal code, several Senegalese personalities have recently been summoned by the...
Veteran Palestinian journalist arrested by Israeli forces
A veteran Palestinian journalist was arrested by Israel's forces in an aggressive raid on his home in Bethlehem, occupied West...
Writer Boualem Sansal’s fate hangs on a pardon after sentence upheld in Algeria
Seven and a half months after his arrest in Algiers, the French-Algerian writer, Boualem Sansal, has been sentenced to five...
Algeria: French sportswriter sentenced to 7 years for ‘glorifying terrorism’
A French reporter has been sentenced to 7 years in prison in Algeria over an interview with a soccer official...
