August 22, 2017 / By ElHuffPost El periodista y escritor turcoalemán, arrestado en España por orden de Ankara, sostiene que “cooperar con Turquía sería una tragedia para la sociedad española”. El escritor turco-alemán Dogan Akhanli, detenido temporalmente en España a petición de Turquía, ha asegurado que sería una “tragedia” no sólo para él sino para la…
August 13, 2017 / By Paul Goldman and Lawahez Jabari and Alexander Smith, Euronews TEL AVIV — Israel is often described as “the only democracy in the Middle East.” But in recent weeks it has drawn criticism from human rights organizations by taking steps to ban the pan-Arab news channel Al Jazeera. Israel has opposed Al…
August 3, 2017 / by Susanna D’Aliesio, bjp-online.com Mathias Depardon was shooting for National Geographic in South East Turkey when he was taken for questioning by police – and held for 32 days in total When Mathias Depardon was released by the Turkish government on 09 June, he had been held in custody for 32 days.…
25 July, 2017 / By Joseph Varghese, Gulf Times Several leading media experts have stressed the need for joint efforts to protect media freedom around the world. They were speaking yesterday at the plenary session of an international conference on the threats facing freedom of expression, being held in Doha which will conclude today. Organised by…
July 18, 2017 / By prnoticias.com ¿Son los medios de comunicación europeos verdaderamente independientes? Aunque aparentemente los países occidentalizados tienen presumen de su libertad de información un estudio encargado por la Unión Europea pone en cuestión esta afirmación. El documento, emitido por el Centro de Estudio de Política Europea bajo el nombre de Análisis comparativo…
June 30, 2017 / by The Peninsula Qatar Geneva: H E Ali Khalfan Al Mansouri, Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations Office and International Organizations in Geneva, met yesterday with Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The meeting discussed the flagrant violations of international…
June 29, 2017 / by The Peninsula The reported demand, by a number of governments, to close the Al Jazeera Media Network in exchange for the lifting of sanctions would strike a major blow against media pluralism in a region already suffering from severe restrictions on reporting and media of all kinds, said the UN…
June 29, 2017 / by MENAFN US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Kuwait’s Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al- Sabah stressed ‘the need for all parties to exercise restraint to allow for productive diplomatic discussions’ in the GCC, the State Department said in a readout…
June 29, 2017 / by Mikhail Minakov, Opendemocracy Eastern Europe has become a source of short- and long-term risks for the entire European continent. Inter-state conflicts, authoritarianism and illiberalism seem to permanently dwell here and increase the threats to democracy in other parts of Europe. With the commence of the Russian-Ukrainian war and annexation of…
UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye claimed this demand of the Saudi-led coalition against Qatar was a blow against media pluralism in the Middle East. June 29, 2017 / by The Wire Dubai: A United Nations expert and a media freedom watchdog on Wednesday criticised four Arab states for…
After Arab states arrayed against Qatar issue 13-point list of demands, resolution of crisis looks more distant than ever June 25, 2016 / by Andalou Agency International actors and public figures in Qatar have slammed a 13-point list of demands — including one for the closure of the Al Jazeera news network — issued by…
3 mayo 2015 / By DiariodeLeon.es La Asociación de Periodistas de León (APL) se ha adherido al manifiesto hecho público por la Federación de Asociaciones de Periodistas de España (FAPE) con motivo del Día Mundial de la Libertad de Prensa que se celebra mañana. El colectivo solicitó a los partidos políticos que garanticen “el pluralismo…
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