Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

In advance of the Formula 1, 50 IFEX members and partners call for detained activists and human rights defenders to be freed, including blogger and activist Abduljalil Al-Singace and human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of IFEX member the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, who is ailing in prison since starting a hunger strike on 8 February.

*Successful workshop held in Jenin to discuss Palestinian media freedoms* The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) held a successful training workshop at the weekend in Jenincity south of West Bank, looking at the judicial system and the press in Palestine, supported by the Foundation for the Future. The Jenin two days training […]

An open letter by 44 organisations calls Iraq’s proposed Information Technology Crimes law a threat to the fundamental freedoms necessary for the evolution of free speech and a vibrant press. The law will come to vote in the Iraqi Council of Representatives in April.

Director Haroun Abu Arra said Israeli forces raided the network’s Jerusalem office, confiscated assorted equipment, and demanded the premises be evacuated.

Yousef Al-Shayeb is still charged with libel and slander following an investigative report he published in the Jordanian newspaper “Al-Ghad”.

Yousef Al Shayeb was arrested following the publication of an article in which he claimed the Palestinian Representative Office in Paris was involved in corruption.

To mark the occasion of International Women’s Day, MADA congratulates Palestinian women and women around the globe, especially journalists, on their accomplishments in all professional fields.

Fifty IFEX members and other rights groups call on the Bahrain authorities to release from prison human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, whose life is at risk since beginning a hunger strike on 8 February.