Jared Malsin, news editor for a Palestinian agency, put on flight to New York reports
Dimi Reider
CATEGORY: Middle East and North Africa
Iran threatens opposition on cell phone, e-mail use
Iran’s police chief today warned the opposition movement that their emails and text messages are being monitored and that those who use SMS, emails or other web tools to organise protests will be severely punished. General Ismail Ahmadi-Moghaddam...
Yemen: government seizes editors
Yemeni security forces yesterday arrested Hisham Bushraheel, editor of the independent daily Al-Ayyam, along with his son Hani in the souther city of Aden. Acting on the orders of the prosecutor’s office, security forces entered the newspaper’s...
Yemen: journalist arrested over coverage of Dhala conflict
Khaled al Jahafi, a journalist with the news website al Sahwa (the Awakening) was arrested on 27 December 2009 whilst covering clashes between security forces and separatists in the southern province of Dhala. Free expression organisations have...
Iran: protests at funeral of prominent dissident
Iranian authorities have acknowledged that at least three protesters who were jailed after the countries disputed presidential elections in June, were beaten to death in prison. A military court announced that 12 prison officials had been charged...
Twitter targetted by pro-Iranian hackers
Social networking website Twitter, along with the pro-opposition website mowjcamp.org, has been targeted by a group of pro-government hackers calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army accordning. Both websites, which became focal points for the...
Iran: protesters arrested over torn Khomeini picture
Several people have been arrested in Tehran over the tearing up of a picture of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, during anti-government demonstrations last week. State television broadcast footage of what it claimed were opposition supporters tearing...
Egypt: blogger Wael Abbas given jail term
Egyptian journalist, blogger and human rights activist Wael Abbas has been sentenced to six months in prison according to his Twitter page. In his tweet he says "I was sentenced to 6 months in prison in absentia, I don't know yet what for, will...
Iran: crackdown on protests and coverage
Iranian authorities have threatened tougher action on protesters after tens of thousands marched at universities across the country in the biggest anti-government rallies since the disputed June elections. Dozens of people are reported to have been...
Iraq: Did Butler pull punches?
Chris Ames says the Chilcot Inquiry is highlighting flaws of previous Iraq war investigations