Posts Tagged ‘israel’

In Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns Palestinian cartoonist Mohamed Sabaaneh's arbitrary arrest by Israeli authorities on his return from Jordan on 16 February and his continuing detention. An Israeli military court decided yesterday to hold him for another nine days. The press freedom organization calls on the Israeli authorities to publicly say what he is charged with and to let him see a lawyer. ... Full story

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders condemns Israeli air strikes targeting news organizations in Gaza City today and calls for an immediate end to such attacks. At least nine journalists were reportedly injured and several local and international media were prevented from operating. “These attacks constitute obstruction of freedom of information,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. “We remind the Israeli authorities that, ... Full story

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders notes that a Tel Aviv court today approved the plea bargain that Haaretz reporter Uri Blau reached with the district attorney on 5 July under which he pleaded guilty to illegally possessing classified documents in exchange for a sentence of four months of community service. Blau, who will begin serving the sentence on 11 September, could have received ... Full story

Read in arabic / بالعربية Reporters Without Borders calls on the Israeli authorities to release Palestinian radio journalist Sharif Al-Rajoub and to explain the reasons for his arbitrary arrest by Israeli soldiers at his home in Doura, a town near the West Bank city of Hebron, on 3 June. “If the Israeli authorities say nothing or prove unable to provide valid grounds for Rajoub's arrest, ... Full story

Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reports Without Borders strongly condemns the arrest by Israeli troops on 17 May in the West Bank of Baha Khairi Attalah Mousa, the director of the Palestinian Prisoner Channel, a satellite television station for Palestinian prisoners. The soldiers also seized broadcasting equipment, computers, video cameras and documents. “Such abuses aimed at stifling the Palestinian media must cease,” the press freedom organization ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders deplores the verdict announced by Israeli military court sentencing the Palestinian journalist Suhaib Al-Assa to four months' imprisonment and a fine of 3,000 shekels (about 600 euros). “We condemn the lack of transparency of Israeli justice which refuses to disclose the indictment and evidence in the case of Suhaib Al-Assa,” the press freedom organization said. “The right to a fair defence must ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by a raid by Israeli security forces two days ago on a Palestinian radio, television and online media network set up by Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. “With this illegal intrusion into the premises of media organizations in illegally occupied and annexed Palestinian territory, Israeli forces have once again flouted international law with impunity,” Reporters Without Borders said. “They are ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the raids that Israeli troops carried out on two Palestinian TV stations in the West Bank in the early hours of 29 February, seizing equipment and thereby forcing the stations to close. “These arbitrary and illegal operations served yet again to intimidate Palestinian media and journalists, the victims of repeated attacks by the Israel Defence Forces,” Reporters Without ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the violence used by Israeli forces against Palestinian, Israeli and foreign photojournalists covering demonstrations against Israel's West Bank separation barrier and the continuing colonisation of Palestinian territory. The press freedom organization deplores the total impunity enjoyed by the soldiers responsible for these abuses. On 10 February, two Palestinian journalists were injured by tear gas grenades and rubber bullets fired by ... Full story

The IP Factor reports that Israel has negotiated a reduction in its standing on the USTR's Special 301 list.  Full story