Violations

Ramallah - 28/12/2011: Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested Palestine News Agency (PNN) and Al-Khaleej Emirates newspaper reporter, Amin Abu Wardeh, from his home in the city of Nablus, West Bank. His brother, Samir Abu Wardeh, said a large unit of occupation forces came

Ramallah – 19th December 2011: The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) renewed its call upon Palestinian decision makers to allow for the unconditional distribution of previously banned Palestinian newspapers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. MADA

MADA demands the international community fulfill its obligations and make real efforts to protect the right to freedom of expression in Palestine Ramallah: 11 December 2011: Yesterday, the 10th of December marked the 63rd anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,

Ramallah – 5 December 2011: The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expresses its deep concern over the serious violations against media freedoms committed by security forces in the Gaza Strip over the past two weeks. The most recent occurred

Today, 23 November, is the International Day to End Impunity (IDEI). The IFEX community has chosen this day to honour those who have been silenced forever for exercising their right to freedom of expression, and to raise awareness that their killers often go unpunished. This day marks the

Ramallah – 22 November 2011: Israeli occupation authorities yesterday extended the detention order of Quds TV “Ahrar” Program Presenter Israa Salhab until Friday 25 November 2011 without charge. Israeli occupation police arrested Salhab on Wednesday 16

Ramallah – 14 November 2011: Israeli occupation forces this morning arrested radio Marah presenter Raed Rateb Al-Sherif from his home in Hebron city, West Bank. In a statement, Raed’s father Rateb Al-Sherif told MADA that a unit of Israeli occupation soldiers

Ramallah – 31 October 2011: Saturday, 29 October 2011, a group of stone throwing settlers attacked four Palestinian journalists covering the weekly Beit Omar march near Hebron city. Of the journalists, French Agency photographer Hazem Bader, European Agency photographer Abdelhafiz

Ramallah – 28 October 2011: A group of Israeli settlers Wednesday, 26 October 2011, attacked an Al-Jazeera channel crew as they returned from filming in the village of Beit Lou, west of Ramallah. The Al-Jazeera Jerusalem office issued a statement yesterday that the group of

Ramallah – 26 October 2011: Israeli occupation authorities today extended the administrative detention of West Bank’s Quds TV program coordinator Nawaf Al-Amer for four months, without any charges against him. His wife, Mrs. Nawal Hussein Al-Amer, told MADA that