Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

Articles by Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

Link to: Authorities bar three West Bank dailies from circulating in Gaza Strip

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.

Link to: MADA holds workshop on “Freedom of Expression in International and Palestinian Legislation”

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.

Link to: Exposing free expression violations is key to combating them, stress participants at MADA workshop

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.

Link to: Two journalists summoned for questioning by internal security services

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.

Link to: Journalists assaulted by Israeli forces in Biet Jala

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.

Link to: Two journalists detained by security services

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.

Link to: Palestinian journalists assaulted by Israeli forces in separate incidents

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.

Link to: Thirty-one IFEX members call on Philippine leadership to champion Freedom of Information Act

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.