Articles by Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
Israeli authorities bar Al-Jazeera correspondent from traveling to Jordan
Awad Alrjoub believes the restriction is an attempt by the Israeli authorities to pressure Al-Jazeera to alter its coverage of Israeli practices in the Palestinian territories.
Violations of media freedoms in December 2010
MADA documented 19 actions against journalists or their property in December 2010.
Intelligence Service raids Pal Media headquarters, arrests two journalists
Intelligence Service personnel detained cameraman Akram Natshe and correspondent Mamdouh Hamamreh without providing an arrest warrant.
On the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, MADA calls for respect for freedom of expression
According to MADA’s monitoring, the number of media freedom violations in 2010 year will be more than 200.
Research on access to information rights
MADA publishes a report on the right of access to information and the reality of its implementation and practice.
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.
MADA welcomes the release of journalist Tariq Abu Zaid; condemns threats against another journalist in Gaza
President Mahmoud Abbas decided to release Abu Zaid well before the completion of his year and a half-long prison sentence.
Photographers detained; journalists threatened, interrogated
Correspondent Nasr Abu Alfoul received three telephone calls from someone claiming to be from the internal security service in Gaza.