SANA’A: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned Yemen’s government and more specifically the Press and Publication court for continuing its “charade” of justice against two al-Jazeera journalists who were arrested last year while covering the uprising. In a written statement, the CPJ also demanded the Cabinet not to revive a restrictive Audio-Visual and Electronic [...]
CAIRO: Reporters Without Borders condemns the raid carried out by the Egyptian police two days ago on the Iranian Arabic-language satellite TV station Al-Alam. “The Egyptian authorities seized the station’s equipment and issued a warrant for the arrest of the bureau’s director, Ahmed Sioufi, on the grounds that Al-Alam did not have the necessary operating [...]
CAIRO: The investors of the Daily News Egypt newspaper, which abruptly quit publishing and closed its doors late last month, have reportedly refused to pay their editorial staff April salaries. A statement published by former staffer Reem Abdellatif via her personal Twitter blog alleges that Investors at EMS, which include Taher Helmy, partner at Baker [...]
Reporters Without Borders calls on the Tunisian authorities to respond to the current lack of judicial clarity, which presents a serious danger to freedom of the press and freedom of expression. The organization reiterates its demand for the application of new media laws to supersede the old legislation, which is at odds with new provisions [...]
Journalists should be protected. They should not face violence or arrest for doing their job. In Egypt, this is the farthest from the truth, where yet again this past week we saw reporters beaten, attacked and ultimately arrested by the military junta in Egypt that time and time again is unwilling to promote the very [...]
After deadly clashes on 2 May near the defence ministry, thousands of Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo and Alexandria two days later to protest against the army’s hold on power. In Cairo, demonstrators gathered, mostly in the Abbassiya district, near the defence ministry, despite warnings the day before from the army against any [...]
Egypt presidential candidate Hazem Saleh Abu Ismail launched an attack on the media on Thursday on his official Facebook page, saying that they are “forging” the truth. “The media is trying its best to forge the facts and cheat the people that the events of the Abbassiya were caused by supporters of Hazem Abu Ismail,” [...]
DUBAI: Dubai Press Club, organizers of the Arab Media Forum, announced on Tuesday the details of two key sessions that will take centre-stage during the 11th edition of the event. Hosted on day-two of the forum, the sessions will examine the role of religious discourses that are aired on Arab media outlets, and the increasing [...]
SANA’A: Until recently, al-Qaeda in Yemen was most well-known for its military strikes and constant verbal criticism of all things American. And while the group is still indeed continuing to work at expanding its hold over Yemen’s southern provinces, militants are coming to grasp with the fact that military operations alone cannot guarantee them longevity [...]
CAIRO: The recent fines slapped on two South Sudanese newspapers for allegedly defaming a senior member of the country’s ruling party cited in a $30 scam will deter journalists from further investigating corruption-related cases in the country, the Committee to Protection Journalists (CPJ) has said. The Citizen (English) and Al Masir (Arabic) were two weeks [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: A new set of data released by the Malaysian Digital Association (MDA), revealed that in Malaysia, The Star Online remains the country’s top online news source. More Malaysians go to The Star for their news, the report said, putting it number 9 overall in all portals in the Southeast Asian country. It is [...]
Munich (dpa) – There’s good news for people who are tired of looking at all the cables their entertainment system seems to need to send signals between televisions, DVD players, computers and the like. In today’s increasingly wireless world, it’s no longer necessary to have a DVD player or computer directly connected to a television [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno’s Utusan Malaysia in its Sunday edition has continued to question embattled Malaysia politician Anwar Ibrahim’s sexuality despite being threatened with a RM100 million lawsuit by the opposition leader. The ongoing battle between the publication and Ibrahim has left many in the country frustrated, saying there are more important things to worry about. [...]
CAIRO: Egypt Yellow Pages, the local search company, is setting a new course for the future, emphasizing its successful solutions business line under its new Yellow Media brand. Egypt Yellow Pages Ltd is providing its customers with solutions for everything their businesses will require for online success in the years to come, which is encompassed [...]
In India, it’s “Porngate.” In France, it’s the live and non-stop coverage of a man who shot students at a local Jewish school – imagine if the shooter had shot up a Muslim school – and in the United State, it’s politicking chitter chatter. While in Syria, scores of civilians are being killed daily; in [...]
Saudi Arabian newspapers reported on Tuesday that the country’s Crown Prince Nayef has approved plans for the ultra-conservative Gulf country to send female athletes to the Olympics for the first time at the London Games. The Saudi-owned and London-based Al-Hayat newspaper says Nayef, who is heir, has approved the participation of women at the London [...]
SANA’A: Reporters Without Borders is very concerned about the intimidatory practices of Yemen’s security services, particularly in the south of the country. “Threats, harassment and abduction of journalists, and blockades and torching of premises and newspaper consignments have become standard fare for Yemen’s independent media,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The security services responsible for these [...]
Oslo (dpa) – A Norwegian court on Friday said it would not allow live broadcasts of self-confessed mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik’s testimony at his trial, due to open next month. Announcing the decision Friday, Judge Wenche Elizabeth Arntzen noted that Breivik has said his actions were aimed at “creating publicity for his message” and [...]
LAGOS: There is a favorite traffic guide for motorists in Lagos and Gidi traffic has been nominated for the SHORTY awards in New York. Gidi Traffic is a Twitter handle that began operation in September last year, using Social Media and technology to save Lagosians mostly gas money, stress, commuting time and making the roads [...]
LAGOS: StarTimes Communication Network Technology has expressed interest to not only invest its financial resources in Sierra Leone, but to also see how the average Sierra Leonean could have access to quality and affordable Digital television. This was made known to officials from the Sierra Leone Embassy in China by StarTimes Vice President Charles Liu, [...]
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