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Tunisian journalists protest government appointed directors
“We don’t want police mentality in our newspaper”
Journalists on trial in Turkey highlight Kurdish plight
Journalists held on trial for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)
Journalists in Ukraine protest media crackdown
Protesters disrupt Ukrainian president’s speech on press freedom
Charges against Australian journalist dropped
Charges were pending for six months
Activist’s death a ‘regrettable accident’
Israeli court rules Rachel Corrie’s death by a bulldozer not intentional.
The Heavy Stick of Democracy
By Mohaammed Aly Ibrahim, former editor of the Egyptian Gazette and AlGoumhoria newspapers For decades Egyptians were kept on a tight rein. Our leaders used “democracy” as chewing gum before TV cameras then threw it away upon leaving interviews or press conferences. Either in dictatorship or in the incumbent so-called democracy, the concept of people’s …
Protests in Sudan threaten to topple Al-Bashir
The recent austerity measures taken by the government have included raising taxes and deep cuts to services like public health care.