Articles by Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)
Thirty IFEX members call on UNESCO to refuse funds from one of Africa’s worst violators of press freedom, Equatorial Guinea
Recalling UNESCO’s stated commitment to free expression on World Press Freedom Day, 30 IFEX members call for the organisation not to accept a $3 million donation from President Teodoro Obiang for the administration of an international prize in life sciences.
Journalists targeted by Israeli soldiers in separate incidents
Newspaper editor Ahmad Farraj was headed to Ramallah when he was stopped at a checkpoint and beaten by Israeli soldiers.
Twenty-six IFEX members join the Pakistani Federal Union of Journalists in condemning suicide bombings
The organisations appeal to the leaders of the Taliban, to the jihadist movements and to Al-Qaeda in Pakistan to put a stop to all further suicide bombings in public gatherings.
Photographer injured while covering protest in West Bank
Muammar Jameel Awad was covering a protest in Biet Jala when he was hit in the head by a tear-gas bomb launched by Israeli soldiers.
Journalists pay a high price for freedom of expression, says MADA
Violations to freedom of expression are a daily occurrence for journalists in the West Bank and Gaza.
MADA calls for end to harassment of “Alhayat Aljadedah” correspondent
MADA strongly condemns the raid on the home of correspondent Nufouth Al-Bakri, by a group of civilians who said they were with the Ministry of Information.
Two journalists briefly detained in the West Bank
MADA strongly condemns two incidents in which the Israeli army detained Najeh Hashlamoun and Muheeb Albarghouti and prevented them from taking photographs.
Journalist arrested, others shot at while covering protests
“The journalists were stuck between soldiers and demonstrators, we were only 50 metres from the Israeli army,” said BBC correspondent Shahdi Alkashif.