Ramallah - 1/10/2013: the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) demands  the canceling  of  Ma’an Agency and Alrabiya TV offices  closure  decision in Gaza, and the reopening of their offices immediately, where the closure  continued  for more than two months, which led  Ma’an administration to conduct harsh and unusual step, to halt the work of its office employees there yesterday (30/10/2013).

Ma’an office reopening  will end the problem and will lead to the return of workers to their work, with the emphasis that we are absolutely against any actions against journalists who have no guilt in the closure decision.

 We have stressed in previous statements that the public prosecutor's decision in Gaza and dated 25/07/2013 is illegal and clear violation of the Printing and Publications Law and the Palestinian Basic Law, in addition the decision to close was temporary, but didn’t specify the duration. 

We renew our call again for freedom of expression respect in Palestine, and not  to involve journalists and the media outlets in the internal Palestinian differences, where they have been suffering from serious violations since the beginning of the division in mid-June 2007.