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Palestine

Violations by Palestinian security forces exceed those by Israeli forces in 2011, says MADA report

For the first time, violations of media freedoms in Palestine at the hands of Palestinian security services outnumbered those committed in 2011 by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), but the IOF violations constituted a "greater threat," says the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) in its annual report.

Palestine / Italy

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.

Palestine

MADA launches video honouring Palestinian photographers

The death of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana in April 2008 in the Gaza Strip shocked the world. The Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has produced a short film in honour of Shana and the many other Palestinian photographers "who have paid the high price of continued Israeli attacks." It's just one of MADA's many creative ways to engage the public in media freedom issues.

Palestine / Israel

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.

Palestine

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.

Israel / Palestine / Turkey

Journalists on raided flotilla speak out; one journalist killed in attack

In the aftermath of Israel's raid on the flotilla delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza on 31 May, journalists released from custody are providing first-hand accounts of abuse, interrogation and confiscation of equipment by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). One journalist was killed in the deadly attack. Meanwhile, Israeli authorities have edited and distributed portions of video footage taken from foreign journalists.

Palestine

Journalists assaulted and censored

Palestinian journalists are under attack from Israeli forces and are also subjected to raids and arrests as a result of political rivalry between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, report the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedom (MADA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Meanwhile, Israel continues to target and detain scores of Palestinians involved in protests against the separation barrier in the West Bank with freedom of movement and expression violations, reports Human Rights Watch.

Palestine

MADA film Freedoms Invasion shows threats to Palestinian journalists

The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) produced a short documentary film last year about attacks on Palestinian journalists in the occupied Palestinian territories, called "Freedoms Invasion." The film also shows how the conflict between Hamas and Fatah has damaged the Palestinian media environment. Directed by Waja Jamil, the 10-minute film is now on YouTube in Arabic, with English subtitles.

Awards / Palestine

MADA, one of IFEX's newest members, wins PEC award

On 4 June, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and the Mexican Ambassador to the UN, Luis Alfonso De Alba, were jointly honoured in Geneva with the first Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) Award for the Protection of Journalists.

Palestine

ISRAËL LÈVE L’INTERDIT D’ENTRÉE DES JOURNALISTES ÉTRANGERS DANS GAZA

Palestine

ISRAEL LEVANTA PROHIBICIÓN A PERIODISTAS EXTRANJEROS EN GAZA

Palestine

ISRAEL LIFTS BAN ON FOREIGN JOURNALISTS INTO GAZA

Foreign journalists are now being let into war-ravaged Gaza, only after Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire, IFEX members report.

Palestine

PERIODISTAS MUERTOS EN GAZA; REPORTEROS EXTRANJEROS SIGUEN PROSCRITOS

Palestine

DES JOURNALISTES SONT TUÉS À GAZA; LES REPORTERS ÉTRANGERS SONT TOUJOURS INTERDITS

Palestine

JOURNALISTS KILLED IN GAZA; FOREIGN REPORTERS STILL BANNED

Journalists and media houses continue to be in the firing line of Israel Defense Forces (IDF), say IFEX members ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and others, who count at least five journalists and media professionals killed in the recent Gaza conflict.

Palestine

MIEMBROS DE IFEX CRITICAN A ISRAEL POR AGRESIONES A LOS MEDIOS

Palestine

IFEX MEMBERS SLAM ISRAEL OVER MEDIA VIOLATIONS

Israel should stop targeting Palestinian news agencies and journalists, and immediately allow foreign correspondents access to the Gaza Strip in line with a high court ruling last week, say IFEX members.

Palestine

LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX PROTESTENT CONTRE L'INTERDICTION, PAR ISRAËL, DES MÉDIAS ÉTRANGERS À GAZA

Palestine

MIEMBROS DE IFEX PROTESTAN CONTRA LA PROHIBICIÓN DE ISRAEL A LOS MEDIOS EXTRANJEROS EN GAZA

Palestine

IFEX MEMBERS PROTEST ISRAEL'S BAN OF FOREIGN MEDIA FROM GAZA

Israel's Ministry of Defence has reinstated a ban on foreign journalists entering the Gaza Strip, despite protests from IFEX members and the heads of major news organisations, and an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Palestine

EJÉRCITO CONDONA BOMBARDEO QUE MATÓ A CAMARÓGRAFO

Palestine

L'ARMÉE FERME LES YEUX SUR LE BOMBARDEMENT QUI A TUÉ UN CAMERAMAN

Palestine

ARMY CONDONES SHELLING THAT KILLED CAMERAMAN

"In the Gaza Strip, anyone with a camera is fair game. That's the inescapable conclusion from the Israeli army's investigation into why one of its tank crews fired at least two shells at a Reuters television journalist openly filming them from a mile away."

Palestine

PALESTINO GANA PREMIO AL VALOR EN CARICATURA EDITORIAL DE CRNI

Palestine

UN PALESTINIEN REMPORTE LE PRIX ANNUEL DU COURAGE EN CARICATURE POLITIQUE, DÉCERNÉ PAR LE CRNI

Palestine

PALESTINIAN WINS CRNI'S COURAGE IN EDITORIAL CARTOONING AWARD

Bahaa Boukhari, a Palestinian cartoonist who has faced jail terms for his work, has won the 2008 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award from IFEX member Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI).

Palestine

CAMARÓGRAFO ASESINADO MIENTRAS FILMABA TANQUE ISRAELÍ

Palestine

UN CAMÉRAMAN PERD LA VIE PENDANT QU'IL FILMAIT UN CHAR ISRAÉLIEN

Palestine

CAMERAMAN KILLED WHILE FILMING ISRAELI TANK

A Palestinian cameraman working for Reuters was killed in the Gaza Strip by an apparently unprovoked Israeli military strike, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) and Reuters.

Palestine

INTENSOS COMBATES PONEN EN PELIGRO A PERIODISTAS

Palestine

DES TIRS NOURRIS METTENT LES JOURNALISTES EN DANGER

Palestine

HEAVY FIGHTING ENDANGERS JOURNALISTS

Heavy fighting between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in the Gaza Strip coupled with Israel's air strikes and raids against Palestinians is endangering the lives of journalists, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontieres, RSF) and local human rights organisations.

Palestine

DEUX EMPLOYÉS D'UN JOURNAL PERDENT LA VIE DANS DES AFFRONTEMENTS À GAZA; DES MANIFESTATIONS DE PROTESTATION PARTOUT DANS LE MONDE EXIGENT LA LIBÉRATION DU CORRESPONDANT DE LA BBC

Palestine

DOS EMPLEADOS DE PERIÓDICOS MUEREN EN ENFRENTAMIENTOS EN GAZA; MANIFESTACIONESEN TODO EL MUNDO PIDEN LIBERACIÓN DE REPORTERO DE BBC

Palestine

TWO NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES DIE IN GAZA CLASHES; PROTESTS WORLDWIDE CALL FOR BBC REPORTER'S RELEASE

A Palestinian newspaper editor and his colleague were fatally attacked in the Gaza Strip amid clashes between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, report Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and a local human rights group.

Palestine

PALESTINE : CAMPAGNE DE BANNIÈRES SUR LE WEB EN FAVEUR D'UN REPORTER PORTÉ DISPARU

Palestine

PALESTINA: CAMPAÑA DE PENDONES EN WEB POR REPORTERO DESAPARECIDO

Palestine

PALESTINE: WEB BANNER CAMPAIGN FOR MISSING REPORTER

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) is calling all bloggers and Arabic-language news media to post banners on their websites calling for the release of a BBC journalist who went missing in Gaza more than two weeks ago.

Palestine

JOURNALISTS CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE

Journalists working in the Palestinian territories take great risks to bring the news to the rest of the world. But in the Gaza Strip, where the security situation is less stable than in other Palestinian-administered areas, media safety is becoming an increasing concern, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Palestine

MEDIOS PALESTINOS ATRAPADOS EN DISTANCIAMIENTO HAMAS-FATAH

Palestine

LES MÉDIAS PALESTINIENS COINCÉS DANS L'AFFRONTEMENT ENTRE LE HAMAS ET LE FATAH

Palestine

PALESTINIAN MEDIA CAUGHT BETWEEN HAMAS-FATAH RIFT

A growing struggle between warring factions within the Palestinian Authority is making Palestinian media outlets more prone to attacks, warn the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). In the past three months, several journalists have been threatened, beaten and harassed by members of Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization's Fatah wing.

Palestine

L'ARMÉE REFUSE D'ENTAMER DES POURSUITES CONTRE LE RESPONSABLE PRÉSUMÉ DE LA MORT D'UN CINÉASTE

Palestine

MEDIA IGNORING PRESS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT: IPI

While Middle East news coverage is mostly focused on Iraq these days, "gross violations of press freedom" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are continuing and media are not paying enough attention to them, says a new report released by the International Press Institute (IPI).

Palestine

PRESIONAN A PERIODISTAS PARA ACATAR LÍNEA

Palestine

CONDAMNATION DES VIOLENTES AGRESSIONS COMMISES CONTRE DES JOURNALISTES PALESTINIENS

Palestine

VIOLENT ATTACKS AGAINST PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS CONDEMNED

In a 21 June 2004 letter to Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) protested a string of violent attacks by the Israeli army against Palestinian journalists in the Nablus region of the West Bank between 10 and 15 June.

Palestine

TRIBUNAL DEROGA PROHIBICIÓN A PASES DE PRENSA

Palestine

LE TRIBUNAL INVALIDE LE REFUS DES CARTES DE PRESSE

Palestine

COURT QUASHES BAN ON PRESS PASSES

Israel's highest court has ruled that the government has no right to deny press passes to Palestinian journalists in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip on the grounds of national security, a move welcomed by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI).

Palestine

UN JOURNALISTE ET CONSEILLER D'ARAFAT EST ASSASSINÉ

Palestine

JOURNALIST AND ARAFAT ADVISOR ASSASSINATED

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) has called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to ensure the safety of Palestinian journalists following the assassination this week of journalist and publisher Khalil Al-Zebin.

Palestine

DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN RADIO STATION CONDEMNED

Israel's destruction of the Voice of Palestine (VOP) radio station headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah has drawn condemnation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), who urged authorities to "cease attacking the media immediately."

Palestine

FIP PIDE ACCIÓN URGENTE PARA PROTEGER PERIODISTAS

Palestine

AFIN DE PROTÉGER LES JOURNALISTES

Palestine

IFJ CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS

Urgent international action is required to "confront a grave and dangerous climate of confrontation" that places journalists and media staff in the middle of a volatile Israeli-Palestinian conflict, declares a report recently released by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Palestine

AUTORIDADES CENSURAN, PERIODISTAS AUTOCENSURAN

Palestine

LES AUTORITÉS CENSURENT, LES JOURNALISTES S?AUTOCENSURENT

Palestine

AUTHORITIES CENSOR, JOURNALISTS SELF-CENSOR

The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has censored the print and broadcast media in the West Bank and Gaza in recent weeks, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). On 22 May and 23 May, Palestinian security authorities arrested three journalists working for the Islamist weekly Al-Risala in Gaza after they published an article on 20 May alleging the Palestinian police had tortured Ayman Amassi in detention. Editor Wisam Afeefa, editor-in-chief Saleh Bardaweel, and managing editor Ghazi Hamad were interrogated at the Criminal Investigation Department in Gaza.

Palestine

MEDIOS CERRADOS Y ATACADOS

Palestine

DES MÉDIAS SONT FERMÉS ET ATTAQUÉS

Palestine

MEDIA SHUT DOWN AND ATTACKED

The media have been shut down and attacked in Palestine recently, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) closed six private television and radio stations in the West Bank on 18 December. Palestinian police ordered the stations in Ramallah and Bethlehem to suspend broadcasting until further notice in a move CPJ says "has been widely interpreted as an attempt by authorities to silence news coverage pertaining to the current US military attack on Iraq, then in its third day." Al-Roa' TV, Al-Mahid TV, and Bethlehem TV were shut down in Bethlehem and Al-Watan TV, Nasr TV, and the radio station Voice of Love and Peace were taken off the air in Ramallah.