Articles by Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
Authorities bar three West Bank dailies from circulating in Gaza Strip
The chairman of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate demanded that authorities in the West Bank and Gaza avoid involving the media in the political divisions between Fatah and Hamas.
MADA holds workshop on “Freedom of Expression in International and Palestinian Legislation”
The workshop is part of a series that will be convened in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as part of a project on defending journalists’ rights in Palestine.
Exposing free expression violations is key to combating them, stress participants at MADA workshop
Participants at a consultative meeting hosted by MADA discussed the media freedom situation in Palestine.
Two journalists summoned for questioning by internal security services
Nasr Abu Alfoul, director of the Palestinian Network for Press and Media and a correspondent for Milad agency, was one of two journalists summoned in Gaza and the West Bank.
Journalists assaulted by Israeli forces in Biet Jala
ABA photographer Yousef Shaheen said he and his colleagues were covering a protest march when a group of Israeli soldiers approached and began beating them with sticks.
Two journalists detained by security services
MADA’s legal unit said that the journalists’ detention and the review of press material without a warrant is a clear violation of the Palestinian Amended law.
Palestinian journalists assaulted by Israeli forces in separate incidents
Journalist Ayman Nubani was with a group of journalists when the Israeli army threw tear gas grenades at them.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on Philippine leadership to champion Freedom of Information Act
IFEX members have joined SEAPA in urging the president to sign the FOI Act into law before the current administration leaves office.