Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

Israeli authorities extended the administrative detention of Nawaf Al-Amer, held since 28 June 2011, for four additional months.

The state of media freedom in the Palestinian territories continued to decline in September, with an increase in the number of violations perpetrated against journalists, particularly by the IDF.

Chris Hoby told MADA that he had gone to cover a march northwest of Ramallah and was standing approximately 50-60 meters from the Israeli forces when a soldier threw a metal grenade to the ground beside him, causing severe contusions on his right leg.

A Hebron judge acquitted journalist Alaa Al-Titi on all charges of “breaching the peace” and “inciting sectarian violence” via his work at Aqsa TV.

George Canawati posted a message to his Facebook page criticising Bethlehem’s Health Directorate and lamenting the presence of Israeli products on the table at a recent department managers’ meeting.

Israeli occupation forces arrested three journalists in the West Bank in August, two of which remain in custody, bringing the total number of Palestinian journalists incarcerated in Israeli jails to four.

Hamas’s security services in Gaza summoned Fathi Tbeil following his coverage of a sit-in in solidarity with Palestinian refugees in the Alrimal camp in Syria, which was shelled by Syrian forces.

Among the key findings of the report is that Facebook enhances freedom of expression but fails to encompass or represent the diversity of heterogeneous societies and political movements.