Press Articles
Human Rights

MADA: Significant Decline in Violations Against Journalists in April

Share on twitter
Share on Facebook
15/05/2012, PNN
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has welcomed a significant decrease in media freedoms violations in the Palestinian territories during April 2012, compared to the previous few months ...

Literature festival shut down by police in Gaza

Share on twitter
Share on Facebook
11/05/2012, maannews
Security forces in the Gaza Strip shut down the fifth Palestine Festival of Literature late Wednesday, sparking outrage from participants and an apology by the chief of police ...

Hamas shuts down Gaza literary festival, only to later apologize

Share on twitter
Share on Facebook
10/05/2012, Haaretz
Palestinian rights group says armed Hamas men cut off electricity, confiscate cameras; festival's website says security officials apologized for the incident, calling it an ' individual error ...

Abbas lifts ban on critical websites

Share on twitter
Share on Facebook
06/05/2012, maannews
President Mahmoud Abbas issued formal instructions Saturday to reverse an order censoring news websites linked to one of his fiercest critics ...

Press freedom day 'a painful reminder' of decline in media rights

Share on twitter
Share on Facebook
05/05/2012, maannews
World Press Freedom Day is a "painful reminder" of the significant decline in media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territories, a media watchdog group said Thursday ...

Praise for outgoing communications minister

Share on twitter
Share on Facebook
28/04/2012, maannews
The head of a commission to implement a 2011 unity deal between Fatah and Hamas has praised the outgoing communications minister for taking a stand against censorship in Palestine ...