Category: <span>Middle East and North Africa</span>

Bahrain: journalist arrested

A journalist critical of the proposed union between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia has been arrested in Manama. Freelance journalist Ahmed Radhi was...

Prominent Egyptian talk show host resigns

by Shahira Amin | 18 May 12

A "farewell note" from prominent Egyptian journalist and popular talk show host Yosri Fouda, posted on his Facebook wall and published in Al Badeel...

Pakistan: Three journalists beaten by police

by Alice Purkiss | 17 May 12

Three journalists have been beaten by police officers in northwest Pakistan. Sher Ali Khan from TV station News One, Siraj Ali of Geo News,...

Al-Oula newspaper boss ends hunger strike

by Afef Abrougui | 17 May 12

Nebil Jridet, General Director of the Arabic-language weekly newspaper Al-Oula has ended his hunger strike. Jridet spent seven days on hunger strike...

Iraq: Kurdish authorities arrest magazine editor

by Alice Purkiss | 17 May 12

The editor of a Iraqi Kurdish magazine has been arrested for reprinting an allegedly blasphemous article. Hamin Ary, editor of Kurdish and Arabic...

Pakistan: Journalist killed by kidnappers

by Alice Purkiss | 15 May 12

The dead body of a kidnapped Pakistani journalist was discovered in Karachi last week. Tariq Kamal was kidnapped on 6 May, along with his...

Iran: MP withdraws complaint against cartoonist after outcry

by Alice Purkiss | 15 May 12

A sentence handed to an Iranian cartoonist may be quashed after the MP who brought the case withdrew his complaint. Mahmoud Shokraye faced 25 lashes...