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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
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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
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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
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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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