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Journalist prosecuted for “blasphemous” tweets

Published on 23 February 2012Read

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Netizens freed

Three online television journalists freed

Published on 31 October 2011Read

Middle East/North Africa

Arab Spring and repression continue from Rabat to Manama

While Bahrain and Saudi Arabia use mainly technical means (including satellite jamming and website blocking) to obstruct media freedom, Yemen and (...)

Published on 4 August 2011 Read

Middle East/North Africa

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

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

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

Middle East/North Africa

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

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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

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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