Media freedoms violations in the Palestinian territories during April 2012
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. Key Israeli violations against media freedoms: Israeli occupation forces raided the headquarters of Hona Al-Quds network in Jerusalem, confiscating equipment and arresting two employees. They also arrested a reporter from the Quds Press News Agency, Mohamad Anwar Mona, in Nablus. In addition, freelance photographer, Ahmad Daghlas, was severely injured in the head by Israeli forces while covering the Al Nabi Saleh weekly march against the Wall. Israeli authorities extended the administrative detention of Al-Quds TV program coordinator, Nawaf Al Amer, for three more months and postponed the trial of journalist Ra’d Al Shareif, presenter of Marah Radio in Hebron. They also attacked a photographer for the popular resistance media office, Hilmi...
MADA: 206 Violations of Media Freedoms in
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) released its annual media freedom violations report for the occupied...
Palestinian Center for Development and Media
The month of February saw a surge in the number of violations committed by the Israeli Occupation Forces against the freedom of the media,...
"MADA" warns of escalating Israeli campaign
Ramallah – 6 February 2012: The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) warns of the escalating Israeli Occupation...
MADA welcomes President Abbas’ decision to unblock websites
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) welcomes President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to unblock eight websites. MADA hopes this is the start of a real improvement in media freedoms in Palestine. This was not the case over the past year, during...
MADA: 3 May—an occasion to defend freedom of expression
Ramallah – 3 May 2012: For Palestinian journalists, World Press Freedom Day 2012 will be a painful reminder of the significant decline in media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territories in recent months. Director of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media...
Violations of media freedoms in oPt during March, 2012
The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has recorded severe violations against media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territories “oPt” during March, 2012. These violations included continued Israeli attacks against journalists covering events...
