Here, you will find round-ups of the latest news regarding press freedom and freedom of expression in the Arab world.
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02/11/2012 In-depth media analysis proving online hit [2]. After proving one of the top go-to places for in-depth analysis of the Arab region, independent e-zine Jadaliyya has now launched its new Media Page aiming to provide a "critical lens from which to explore and analyse the media landscape in and about the Middle East and North Africa".
21/06/2012 Egyptian journalist detained in the Republic of Sudan. [3] Egyptian journalist Salma El-Wardany and Sudanese blogger Maha El-Senoussy were reportedly arrested by The National Sudanese State Security Service (NISS) while covering events in Khartoum.
31/05/2012 Death toll mounts in Homs [4].The Director of Syrian Al-Shaam News Network Amar Mohamed Souheil Zada, and citizen journalists Ahmed Adnan Al Ashlaq and Fahmi Al Naiimi were killed on 27 May in the Khaldiya neighborhood of Homs.
23/05/2012 A week in press freedom [5]. The Arab World "celebrated" World Press Freedom Day by cracking down on journalists in Egypt, killing a citizen journalist in Syria, passing a repressive law in Libya, fining a TV station owner in Tunisia and detaining a Human Rights activist in Bahrain.
12/04/2012 Lebanese cameraman killed on Syrian border [6].Lebanese cameraman Ali Shaaban was killed last Monday while filming in a northern Lebanese town near the Syrian border.
06/04/2012 Bahraini activist and blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja imprisoned [7]. Bahraini activist and blogger Zainab Al-Khawaja was arrested last night while protesting the detention of her father, prominent human rights defender Abdul Hadi Al-Khawaja.
العربية [8]
05/04/2012 Videographer killed in Bahrain [9].Bahraini videographer and citizen journalist Ahmed Ismail Hassan Al Samadi died earlier this week after being shot while covering a protest in the village of Salmabad, southwest of Manama.
العربية [10]
29/03/2012 Media continue to be targeted in Syria [11]. journalistsNaseem Intriri and Walid Bledi were killed earlier this week during an attack on the Syrian province of Idlib.
العربية [12]
26/03/2012 Kuwaiti editor sentenced to a six-month prison term [13]. [13] Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Dar was charged with violating the Press and Publications Law by "undermining national unity" and "creating sectarian strife" by a Kuwait City court on 12 March, 2012.
العربية [14]
15/03/2012 Online freedoms threatened in Lebanon. [15] While the Internet and social media websites have been credited for playing a major role in uprisings across the Arab world, Lebanon's Minister of Information is currently drafting a law that risks threatening Internet freedoms.
العربية [16]
14/03/2012 Turkish journalists missing in Syria [17]. Gerçek Hayat magazine Middle East correspondent Adem Özköse and cameraman Hamit Coşkun have been missing in Syria for four days.
العربية [18]
09/03/2012 Tunisian publisher fined for publishing provocative photo [19]. Publisher of Tunisian daily Attounissia, Nasreddine Ben Saida fined by a Tunis court for publishing a "provocative" photo.
العربية [20]
02/03/2012 French journalists safely flee Syria [21].Wounded in the rocket attack that killed two journalists and injured two more last week in the Syrian city of Homs, French journalist Edith Bouvier is now in Lebanon.
العربية [22]
22/02/2012 Two journalists killed in Syria [23]. American journalist Marie Colvin, and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed earlier today in the Syrian city of Homs.
العربية [24]
16/02/2012 [25]Authorities raid offices of Syrian Center for Media a [26]nd Freedom of Expression [26]. Authorities arrested Mazen Darwich, head of the Syrian Center of Media and Freedom of Expression, along with thirteen other activists.
العربية [27]
09/02/2012 Saudi netizen arrested in [28] Malayisa over controversial Twitter [28]comments [28] 23 year-old Saudi Arabian writer and blogger Hamza Kashgari was arrested in Malaysia after being accused of blasphemy for comments he made regarding the Prophet Mohammed.
العربية [29]
08/02/2012 Ongoing challenges for news reporting in Yemen [30] Almost a year since the beginning of uprisings in Yemen, death threats and attacks on Yemeni journalists and media personnel are ongoing.
العربية [31]