Reporters Without Borders

Middle East/North Africa

Despotic regimes continue to obstruct coverage of revolutions

SYRIA Reporters Without Borders condemns the beating that Samer Al-Shami, a photographer for the SANA agency, received on 30 August and the (...)

Published on 1 September 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

Iran frees Parvaz, Libya frees four other journalists

IRAN Reporters Without Borders is relieved by the release of the Al-Jazeera journalist Homa Dorothy Parvaz, who had disappeared on arriving (...)

Published on 18 May 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

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

Middle East/North Africa

Journalists continue to be harassed in different ways throughout the Middle East

SYRIA Reuters television producer Ayat Basma and cameraman Ezzat Baltaji were released on 28 March after being held for two days but Reporters (...)

Published on 30 March 2011 Read

Oman

Website moderator gets 10-day suspended prison sentence

A court in Muscat yesterday gave website moderator Ali Al Zwaidi a 10-day suspended prison sentence and a fine of 200 rials (400 euros) for (...)

Published on 22 April 2009 Read


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