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Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013, lakome.com

60 human rights groups call for release of Moroccan journalist

In a second joint appeal, over 60 IFEX members and partners again call for the release of Moroccan journalist Ali Anouzla, after terrorism-related charges were laid against him.

Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013, lakome.com

Morocco urged to release editor arrested for reporting on Al-Qaeda video

Over 60 organisations signed a joint appeal to Moroccan authorities to free editor Ali Anouzla, jailed on 17 September for posting a link to an Al-Qaeda video on his news website alongside an article critical of the video.

Link to: Rights organisations call on National Assembly to amend Tunisia’s draft constitution

Rights organisations call on National Assembly to amend Tunisia’s draft constitution

Eighteen human rights organisations came together to support an open letter addressed by the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom of Expression to the Chairman and members of the National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia, as they prepare to discuss the final draft of the constitution.

Women protesting torture in Bahrain at a demonstration in the US in 2010., BCHR

Joint appeal to U.N. protests torture of detained rights defenders in Bahrain

Over 50 NGOs worldwide signed a joint appeal to the U.N. against the ill-treatment and torture of detained human rights defenders, activists and photojournalists in Bahrain, calling for U.N. and Red Cross visits.

Link to: Lebanese Press Syndicate opposes media law promoting press freedom

Lebanese Press Syndicate opposes media law promoting press freedom

Maharat Foundation, which in coordination with MP Ghassan Moukheiber submitted the new media law, determines that it opens the way for new voices to issue their newspapers freely, thus reflecting the diversity and pluralism in Lebanese society.

Tunisian writer Naziha Rjiba (pictured here in January) has received death threats., Naziha Rjiba/Facebook.

Death threats and attacks on freedom of expression intensify in Tunisia

Death threats, physical attacks, an emergence of hate speech and accusations of official censorship of critical media have escalated the perilous situation for freedom of expression in Tunisia, say over 20 IFEX members.

Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja with human rights defender Nabeel Rajab before they were jailed., GCHR

President Obama urged to help release Bahraini human rights defenders and activists

In a letter to the US President, 40 human rights organisations called for US support to release 13 Bahrainis, unjustly jailed by the Bahraini government, one of the strongest allies of the US in the region.

Oussame Boujeile (pictured) and Chaine Bilrish face prison for their political graffiti.

Fully guarantee media independence in new Tunisian Constitution, says IFEX-TMG

While welcoming moves to implement measures that guarantee media independence, IFEX-TMG calls on the Tunisian government to fully respect free expression in the new Constitution and put an end to attacks on journalists and artists.