The Moroccan journalist Omar A1-Radi was convicted of several six-year prison sentences by the Court of Appeal in Casablanca in March 2022.
The Moroccan journalist Omar A1-Radi was convicted of several six-year prison sentences by the Court of Appeal in Casablanca in March 2022.
Yesterday morning, March 01, 2023, the Security Belt militia in the governorate of Aden stormed and seized the building of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate, terrorizing the administrative body and its staff, in a flagrant attack on trade union and civil work and a flagrant violation of trade union freedoms in Yemen.
Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC) condemns and denounces the storming of the Journalists Syndicate building in Aden, its seizure, and intimidation of its employees, and holds the Southern Transitional Council fully responsible.
The journalist Noureddine Boutar serving as the director of the radio station and news website Mosaique FM has been arrested in Tunisia for reasons related to the radio’s editorial policy, according to his lawyer Dalila Mosaddeq.
Egyptian authorities continue to prevent the detained journalist, Hisham Abdelaziz, from access to necessary medical care as his health worsens, amid growing fears of the risk of his vision loss after becoming deaf, in a flagrant violation of local laws and international conventions.
Amid a nonstop crackdown on journalists and media professionals since last year, the Iranian authorities have recently arrested another female journalist called Malika Hashemi.
The Saudi specialized criminal court issued an 8-year prison sentence against Ziyad Al-Sufiani, an journalist and Wikipedia editor, on charges that violate his right to express opinion, according to Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC).