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Campaigns and Advocacy
15 December 2011
MADA, Palestinian journalists meet with UN free expression rapporteur
A MADA representative stressed the need for urgent international intervention to end violations against journalists and media institutions.
23 November 2011
MADA and DCAF sign partnership agreement on access to information rights
The project's goal is to increase journalists' awareness of their rights and to push for the adoption of laws protecting access to information.See all campaign news: Palestine
From the Communiqué
20 April 2011
Italian journalist kidnapped and killed in Gaza
Hamas officials have found the body of an Italian journalist and activist who was kidnapped last week in Gaza, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and the International Press Institute (IPI). Vittorio Arrigoni was affiliated with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), a pro-Palestinian rights group, and reported on Palestinian issues for the Italian newspaper "Il Manifesto" and online paper Peacereporter, and also wrote a blog.
20 October 2010
Hamas shuts down journalist union
Hamas security services descended on the Gaza headquarters of the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) and shut it down indefinitely last week, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). It is just the latest in a series of military attacks from all sides on the Palestinian press in the volatile region.
21 July 2010
Newspapers trapped in political quagmire; sound bombs hurled at journalists
Three pro-Fatah Palestinian newspapers published in the West Bank have been barred from distribution in the Gaza Strip, and told not to criticise the Hamas government in order to be permitted into the country, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Index on Censorship. MADA has also condemned the use of tear gas and sound bombs by Israeli forces on Palestinian journalists covering protests last week.See all articles: Palestine
Reports
13 January 2012
Violations of media freedoms in December 2011
Violations by Israeli forces against journalists in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) rose in number in the month of December, with journalists being frequently targeted with tear gas grenades.
15 December 2011
Violations of media freedoms in November 2011
November has seen no improvement for Palestinian journalists or media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territories, reminding those in the field of journalism of the high price paid for disseminating the truth.See all reports: Palestine
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