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Organisations
Committee to Protect Journalists
An independent organisation based in New York which promotes
press freedom worldwide "by defending the rights of
journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal".
See Middle
East overview.
Reporters
Without Borders
(Reporters Sans Frontières) A French-based organisation. See Middle
East section of its website..
International Press Institute
"Dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, the promotion of the free flow of news and
information, and the improvement of the practices of journalism"
Arab
Press Freedom Watch
Seeks "to help Arab journalists and Arab media
organisations to preserve the basic right of freedom of
expression and to maintain a positive role for the media in
the progress of Arab societies towards democracy, peace and
prosperity".
Article
19
A human rights organisation "with a specific mandate and
focus on the defence and promotion of freedom of expression
and freedom of information worldwide". Its name refers to
Article 19 of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights.
The International Centre Against
Censorship, founded in 1986, campaigns for the promotion and
protection freedom of expression. The Law
Programme and the
programme on the Middle
East is of particular relevance.
Index
on Censorship
Not really an organisation but a magzine which records abuses
of free expression worldwide and has become "one of the
world's leading repositories of original, challenging,
controversial and intelligent writing on free expression
issues".
Human Rights
Watch
A general human rights organisation which also addresses
freedom of expression issues. See Press
Freedom and Internet
sections of its website.
General
The
Internet in the Mideast and North Africa
by Human Rights Watch. This is probably the most detailed survey yet of
official attitudes towards the internet in the Arab world. With special country
reports on: Bahrain,
Iraq,
Jordan,
Morocco,
Saudi
Arabia, Syria,
Tunisia
and the United Arab Emirates
The
public's right to know
Guidelines for freedom of information legislation. (Article 19
organisation)
The
Sana'a Declaration, 1996
This is the only international document on freedom for the Arab media.
It was adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 29th Session in
Paris, in 1997. For the background to this
and similar international documents see
Media
Independence and Pluralism
(UNESCO).
Dilemmas
of a free media for the Arabian Gulf
by S Nihal Singh, Editor, Khaleej Times, Dubai
The press in the
Arab world:
100 years of suppressed freedom
Historical background by Said Essoulami
Arab cinema: the struggle to be seen
Notes issued by Channel Four television to accompany a season of
Arab films shown on British TV in the late 1980s.
Algeria
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Algeria
Algeria: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Algeria: attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Algerian
information law
A commentary on the 1998 proposals by Article 19.
Bahrain
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from Bahrain
Bahrain: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Bahrain:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Comoros
Reporters
Without Borders
Press freedom news from Comoros
Comoros:
Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Djibouti
Reporters
Without Borders
Press freedom news from Djibouti
Djibouti:
Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Egypt
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Egypt
Egypt: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Egypt:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
What
the censor cut out
A special section of the Middle East Times website where you can
read the stories that Egyptian censors forced the paper to omit from
its printed edition.
Egypt:
Academic Freedom Under Assault
"The Egyptian government stifles academic freedom in
universities by censoring course books, outlawing research
about controversial issues and intimidating student
activists". (Human Rights Watch, June 9, 2005)
Iraq
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Iraq
Iraq: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Iraq:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Jordan
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Jordan
Jordan: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Jordan:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Press
Freedoms in Jordan
Report by Saeda Khilani, 2002
Jordan's
press and publications law
A commentary on the 1998 proposals by Article 19.
A
Black Year for Democracy in Jordan
Commentary on the 1998 Press and Publication Law
Freedom of
Expression and the Media in Jordan
Resolution of the International Press Institute's seminar, Amman, 5
February 2000
Center for Defending Freedom of Journalists
A Jordanian non-profit organisation
Kuwait
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Kuwait
Kuwait: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Kuwait:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Lebanon
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Lebanon
Lebanon: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Morocco:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Libya
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Libya
Libya: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Mauritania
Reporters
Without Borders
Press freedom news from Mauritania
Mauritania:
Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Morocco
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Morocco
Morocco: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
The printed
press in Morocco
and press regulations
Oman
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Oman
Oman: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Palestine/Israel
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from Palestine
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Israel
Israel: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Palestine: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Israel/Palestine:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Israel
wins war of words
The Guardian, 9 April, 2001
Qatar
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Qatar
Qatar: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Saudi Arabia
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Saudi
Arabia: attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect
Journalists
Saudi Arabia:
rules for internet use
Council of Ministers Resolution, 12 February 2001
Somalia
Reporters
Without Borders
Press freedom news from Somalia
Somalia:
Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Somalia:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to
Protect Journalists
Sudan
Reporters
Without Borders
Press freedom news from Sudan
Sudan: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Sudan:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Syria
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Syria
Syria: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Syria:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
Syrian media
Interview with President Bashar [Ash-Sharq al-Awsat, 8 February, 2001]
Freedom of expression
Interview with President Bashar [Ash-Sharq al-Awsat, 8 February, 2001]
Tunisia
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Tunisia
Tunisia: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Tunisia:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
United Arab Emirates
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from the
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Yemen
Reporters Without Borders
Press freedom news from
Yemen
Yemen: Press Freedom Review
International Press Institute
Yemen:
attacks on the press in 2004
Committee to Protect Journalists
The press in Yemen after unification
by Brian Whitaker
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