Middle East & North Africa

  

Peril in the Territories CPJ Documents Over Two Dozen Cases of Journalists Injured or Subjected to Harassment

Click here to view the CASES Click here to read the special report on Palestinian journalists, “Bloodied and Beleaguered.” New York, November 9, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented more than two dozen cases of journalists injured or harassed while covering political violence in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip…

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CNN CORRESPONDENT WOUNDED IN GAZA

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ISRAEL New York, October 31, 2000 — A CNN reporter was wounded by gunfire while covering clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip today.

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Judiciary bans three more reformist papers

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in IRAN New York, October 24, 2000 — Iran’s hard-line judiciary banned three reformist newspapers yesterday, bringing to at least 27 the total number of papers shut down since April, when the conservative Press Court launched a broad press crackdown.

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Bloodied and Beleaguered

Palestinian journalists have been dodging Israeli bullets and Arafat’s censors for years. Lately, the stakes have grown higher.

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CPJ protests military attack on Palestinian radio facilities

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned about the recent attack on two transmission towers and other technical facilities used by the Voice of Palestine in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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At Least Five Journalists Wounded in Israeli-Palestinian Violence CPJ calls for investigation

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ISRAEL New York, October 5, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has confirmed that at least five journalists have been wounded covering violent clashes in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. Three of the five cases involve journalists wounded by live…

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TURKISH JOURNALIST NADIRE MATER AQUITTED OF “INSULTING” THE MILITARYCPJ Welcomes Court’s Decision

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in TURKEY New York, September 29, 2000 — A Turkish journalist standing trial for “insulting” Turkey’s powerful military in a book of interviews with former conscripts of the civil conflict in southeastern Turkey was acquitted of all charges today.

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VERDICT TOMORROW IN CASE OF TURKISH JOURNALIST NADIRE MATERCPJ Board Member Kati Marton Attends Hearing in Show of Solidarity

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in TURKEY New York, NY September 28, 2000 – A Turkish criminal court is expected to issue a verdict tomorrow in the case of journalist Nadire Mater, who faces up to twelve years in prison on charges of “insulting” the powerful Turkish military. The charges stem…

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Hostage to the News

Der Spiegel’s man in Jolo recalls his stint as a hostage of Commander Rat

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Press association expels secretary general

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in JORDAN New York, September 6, 2000–The state-sanctioned Jordan Press Association (JPA) expelled its secretary general, a weekly newspaper editor, from the organization yesterday because of his work with a local press freedom group, according to CPJ sources.

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