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Bahrain arrests Twitter users, Arab leaders warn of social media "extremism"
14-03-2013
Bahraini authorities have detained six people for allegedly defaming the country's ruler on Twitter.


Palestine: Two Palestinians kidnapped in Nablus, Jenin
10-03-2013
Israeli soldiers kidnapped a Palestinian journalist at a roadblock south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and university student was also kidnapped at the roadblock west of Jenin.


Pakistani journalists protest against killing of two correspondents
03-03-2013
Journalists in Pakistan held protest meetings against target killing of two senior reporters in three days.


Egypt: 2013 Journalists Syndicate elections: Back to the old rules of the game
01-03-2013
Hours before 6,000 journalists head to the polls, streets of Cairo — where the headquarters of most private and state newspapers are situated — are filled with posters bearing the faces of candidates.


India: Iftikhar Geelani, family detained
10-02-2013
Senior Kashmiri journalist Iftikhar Geelani, who works for Mumbai-based newspaper DNA, was put under house arrest along with his wife and two teenage children in their Khirki extension house in South Delhi.


UK: Murdoch apologises for Netanyahu cartoon
30-01-2013
Rupert Murdoch apologised for a cartoon published in Sunday Times that depicted Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu building a wall in a white tank top and buttering Palestinian blood between concrete blocks.


Somalia: Journalist shot dead in Mogadishu
18-01-2013
A local Somali journalist was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Mogadishu as he left his home for work, witnesses and media reports said.


Pakistan: Mobile phone services suspended for Chehlum
03-01-2013
Mobile phone services were suspended in several cities and districts of the country in line with the government’s security plan for Chehlum.


Suliman: 'Al Jazeera plays the piper, but Qatar calls the tune'
25-12-2012
The long-time Berlin correspondent for Al Jazeera, Aktham Suliman, recently resigned from his post, saying Qatari Govt is exercising undue influence on Al Jazeera's reporting.


A deadly year for press freedom
19-12-2012
A new report by Reporters Without Borders reveals the bleak dangers that journalists are faced with in their daily work, 141 people killed.


Lebanon: Manar TV loses its edge
15-12-2012


Arab Internet users most politically outspoken worldwide
14-12-2012


New website to fight censorship
02-12-2012


UK: Leveson's inquiry report recommends change in regulation of British press
30-11-2012


On Ex-Muslims
24-11-2012


Austria: 119 journalists have been killed this year
23-11-2012


Arab journalists demand UN open formal investigation into Israeli attacks on journalists in Gaza
21-11-2012


UAE toughens Internet clampdown
14-11-2012


BBC boss resigns, citing false report on sex abuse
11-11-2012


Syria: Former Al-Akhbar journalist kidnapped
28-10-2012


EU bans broadcast of Iranian TV channels on Hot Bird
16-10-2012


Iran: IRNA director Javanfekr jailed
27-09-2012


'Halal Internet' imminent in Iran
26-09-2012


Tunisian Media: Al-Nahda tightens its control
10-09-2012


Pakistan: Govt orders blocking of all blasphemous, pornographic material on net
03-09-2012


UK prosecutors press charges against former tabloid editors
25-07-2012


Murdoch resigns from British newspaper boards
22-07-2012


Egypt delays announcement of presidential run-off results
21-06-2012


UK: Former PM Brown takes aim at Murdoch
12-06-2012


Syria: SNC snubs Arab League as violence continues
15-05-2012


Bahrain: Saudi tycoon to move Rotana to Bahrain
10-05-2012


Bahrain: Saudi tycoon to move Rotana to Bahrain
10-05-2012


UK lawmakers: Murdoch unfit to lead major company
02-05-2012


UK: Rupert Murdoch denies abusing political influence
26-04-2012


Al Jazeera in Syria: A case of tunnel vision
29-03-2012


US: Journalist fired after calling Israeli occupation 'brutal'
23-03-2012


Bahrain declared enemy of Internet freedom
13-03-2012


Palestine: Israeli army invades Ramallah, shutsdown local TV Station
01-03-2012


Syria’s electronic warriors hit Al Jazeera
25-02-2012


South Africa: Probe under way into spying on Mandela by Western media news agencies
14-01-2012


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