Articles by Maharat Foundation
Newspaper website hacked after posting WikiLeaks documents
Beirut-based “Al-Akhbar” is the only Lebanese newspaper that has published original WikiLeak documents about Arab countries.
Forty-four IFEX members call for concrete measures to end violence against outspoken women journalists and activists
On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on 25 November 2010, 44 IFEX members, including members of the IFEX Gender Working Group, call attention to the situation of women in the free expression community who are subject to targeted attacks because of their gender.
Five years past WSIS, online activity even more censored, critics silenced
The IFEX-TMG is deeply concerned that five years after hosting the World Summit on the Information Society, Tunisia remains one of the most repressive countries for independent journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders.
Thirty IFEX members sign petition to Prime Minister Lee asking him to withdraw charges against Alan Shadrake
The public is invited to join IFEX members in signing a petition to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong regarding the case of British writer and journalist Alan Shadrake who is at risk of being sent to prison in Singapore for his book, “Once a Jolly Hangman: Singapore Justice in the Dock” about the death penalty.
IFEX-TMG calls on judges associations worldwide to support persecuted independent judges in Tunisia
On the eve of the International Association of Judges (IAJ) Congress, the IFEX-TMG reiterates its deep concern about the continuous persecution of independent judges.
Thirty-one IFEX members and 25 other groups call on the President of Puntland to respect freedom of expression
Since Abdirahman Mohamed Farole became president on 11 January 2009, journalists have been arrested, physically assaulted, suspended, censored and even killed, and the operations of news media organisations have been threatened, closed or restricted.
IFEX-TMG members call for immediate release of ailing journalist on hunger strike
IFEX-TMG is gravely concerned for the well-being of Fahem Boukaddous, who began a hunger strike on 8 October to protest his prison conditions.
Judges who call for independent judiciary targeted for speaking out
IFEX-TMG members have written to the IAJ to appeal for support for judges, who are being persecuted for openly calling for judicial independence or for criticising the government.