A columnist for the independent Al-Wasat newspaper was arrested on Monday (25 April) after 30 uniformed and plainclothes police officials raided his...
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Syria: Government crackdown results in mass casualties
The Syrian regime has launched a massive crackdown against protestors demanding political reform in the country. The killing of protestors in 14...
Jailed lawyer awarded PEN prize
Nasrin Sotoudeh, 47, writer, lawyer, and women and children’s rights activist, has been awarded PEN’s Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award. The...
Security forces target journalists in Yemen
Yemeni authorities detained the editor of Al-Shahid at a checkpoint on 25 April. Abdel Aziz al-Majidi was prevented from entering the Taiz province...
Iranian journalist given six-year jail term
Iranian journalist Nazanin Khosravani was sentenced to six years in jail on 19 April after being convicted of impinging on national security and...
Swiss television crew detained in Qatar
ASwiss television channel claimed on 18 April that two of its reporters were detained without charge in Qatar for 13 days. The RTS network alleges...
Jordan: News office raided
Six men raided the office of a news website, Al-Muharrir, in Amman on 19 April. Unidentified men broke into the personal office of editor-in-chief...
Bahrain’s brutal crackdown
As Bahraini soldiers — aided by foreign troops — crush protests, youth activist Mohammed Al-Maskati whose family have been detained, asks the international community to speak out
Security forces kill three in Syria
Syrian security forces killed three people on Sunday (17 April) when they opened fire on mourners attending the funeral of another slain protester....
Syria: Freelance journalist arrested
The Syrian authorities have arrested an Algerian freelance journalist working for a French radio station. Khaled Sid Mohnad was picked up on 9 April...