Ramallah – 30th August 2026. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (“MADA”) issued its semi-annual report on the state of media freedoms in Palestine, covering the first six (6) months of 2026. The report revealed that, despite a relative decline in the total number of violations compared to the same period last

Ramallah – 21th August 2026: On Wednesday, 19th August 2026, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (“MADA”) held the closing conference of the Project “We Heard It on the Radio: Strengthening the Voices of Young Journalists in Defense of Freedom of Expression and Human Rights”, implemented in partnership

Ramallah –August 2026 13: The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemns the arrest by Israeli occupation forces of freelance photojournalist MOHAMMAD AWAD (38 years old), on Wednesday, following a raid on his home in the town of Beitunia, Ramallah. The Center views this arrest as part of a troubling pattern of continued

Ramallah – 12th August 2026: The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms ("MADA") strongly condemns the death of journalist EHAB MOHAMMAD DIAB (36 years old) inside Israeli occupation prisons, after more than two and a half years of detention and enforced disappearance, a crime that reflects the gravity of the conditions

Ramallah – 11th August 2026: The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemns the arrest of freelance journalist ALAA YOUSEF SARAHNEH (42 years old) by Israeli occupation forces in the early hours of Monday, August 10, 2026, following a raid on his home in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp south of the city of Hebron, during

Ramallah – 23rd July 2026 The Palestine Press Freedom Index for 2025, in its seventh edition, showed that the state of press freedom in Palestine remains classified as “sensitive”, with the overall index reaching 401 points out of 1,000. This represents an increase of 27 points (7%) compared to 2022, when the index was prepared

Ramallah – 6th July 2026: June 2026 witnessed a marked rise in the rate of violations committed against media freedoms in Palestine, compared to the preceding month of May. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms ("MADA") documented 77 (seventy-seven) violations during June, compared to 54 (fifty-four) violations recorded

Gaza Strip – 1 July 2026 – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) concluded on Monday, 29 June 2026, a two-day training course entitled "Combating Sexual Harassment and Cyber Blackmail Targeting Journalists", bringing together 15 journalists from the Gaza Strip. The training comprised 12 instructional

Ramallah – 21 June 2026 – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) strongly condemns the targeting and killing of photojournalist AHMAD SAMIR WISHAH (28 years old), a cameraman for Al Jazeera Mubasher, who was killed yesterday evening following an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house belonging to the ABU HASNA

Ramallah – 25 May 2026 – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) condemns the arrest of freelance journalist ANAS MUJEIR HAWARI (30 years old) by Israeli occupation forces after raiding his home in the town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, at dawn on Monday. He was taken to an undisclosed location in yet another

Ramallah – May 8th, 2026. The Civil Coalition for the Protection of Freedom of Expression and Digital Rights in Palestine organized a workshop on Monday, May 4th, 2026, titled “Voices Under Threat: Live Testimonies on Violations of Press Freedom” at the Palestine Red Crescent Society Hall in Al-Bireh. The event was attended by representatives

Ramallah – May 4, 2026 The General Assembly of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) held its annual meeting on Monday at the Center’s headquarters in Ramallah, during which members reviewed and formally approved the administrative and financial reports for the year 2025. The meeting was chaired by Board of Directors