Brouhaha over Arafat caricatures explains a lot about Palestinian politics
Anything other than uncritical veneration of their political leaders is regarded with suspicion – or worse.
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Report: Iranian newspaper banned for linking Supreme Leader to poverty
Daily Kelid reportedly shut down after running front-page story about rampant poverty in Islamic Republic with graphic that appeared to ...
'In Russia, you can do with a journalist as you please'
Dmitry Muratov, co-winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize and editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, the only truly critical newspaper with ...
Report: Saudi Arabia jails Sudanese journalist for critical tweets
Ahmed Ali Abdelkader took to Twitter to slam Saudi actions in Sudan and Yemen and express support for Sudan's 2018-2019 ...
Lebanese critic of Hezbollah found fatally shot
Lokman Slim, a Shiite publisher, often spoke out against what he called the organization's "intimidation tactics" and attempts to monopolize ...
Trump's chief of global broadcasting quits amid VOA staff revolt
Conservative filmmaker Michael Pack created a furor when he took over US Agency for Global Media last year and fired ...
China jails 'citizen journalist' who reported on COVID from Wuhan
Criticism of China's early handling of the crisis has been censored, and whistle-blowers such as doctors warned not to talk. ...
Leaders of US journalists' group take stand in support of Al Jazeera
National Press Club President and head of the NPC's Journalism Institute say US Department of Justice's decision to put Al ...
Report: Iranian regime closes magazine that promoted talks with US
Reformist newspaper Arman says that Tehran court shut down Seda weekly, which urged "high-level engagement" and warned that closing the ...