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Syria: Deteriorating health of arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
June 6, 2013
New information obtained by human rights organizations has heightened concerns about the secret detention and failing health of a prominent Syrian human rights lawyer who has not been heard from since his arrest eight months ago. Khalil Ma’touq, the 54-year-old director of the Syrian Centre for Legal Studies and Research, was arrested along with his friend and assistant, 48-year-old Mohammed Thatha, on 2 October last year. It is believed they were detained at a government s

THE JORDAN OPEN SOURCE ASSOCIATION DEPLORES CENSORSHIP OF NEWS WEBSITES
June 5, 2013
Source: jordan open source association
The Jordan Open Source Association (JOSA) has condemned the decision by the Press and Publications Department on Sunday to block access to hundreds of websites, and it has renewed its opposition to any attempts on instilling governmental censorship on the Internet, which goes against the association’s believes and mission towards a free and open Web in Jordan. It has also expressed its regrets that its fears regarding the implementation of the modified Press and Publications Law, have

The European Union rewards three journalists from Syria, Egypt and Lebanon, winners of the 2013 edition
June 3, 2013
The Delegation of the European Union to Lebanon granted today, in collaboration with the Samir Kassir Foundation, the Samir Kassir Award for Freedom of the Press to the winners of the 2013 edition:   Doha Hassan, a Palestinian-Syrian journalist, won the prize in the "Opinion Article" category for her article"Militarised Youth" published on 23 January 2013 in Arabic on NOW. The article is an opinion piece based on the journalist’s experience re

Preparing to report from a conflict zone
May 22, 2013
Author: Jessica Weiss
Source: IJNET
When The Sunday Times of the U.K. refused to accept photographs from a freelance journalist in Syria, the paper said it did "not wish to encourage freelancers to take exceptional risks." That move in February drew both cheers and criticism, since some freelancers say important stories won't get the coverage they deserve unless stringers report from dangerous places. The conflict in Syria – the most dangerous country in the world for the press in

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