Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA)

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

Link to: Fifty-two IFEX members condemn massacre of journalists, call for justice

Fifty-two IFEX members condemn massacre of journalists, call for justice

Condemning the problem of impunity in the Philippines, 52 IFEX members appeal for justice in the horrible massacre of a reported 28 journalists.

Link to: Forty IFEX members call for the protection of women who exercise free speech

Forty IFEX members call for the protection of women who exercise free speech

Forty IFEX members express solidarity with women who have been the victims of violence for exercising their free expression rights.

Link to: Former Aqsa TV journalists arrested by security forces

Former Aqsa TV journalists arrested by security forces

Salam Fayyad’s government banned Aqsa TV in the West Bank on 16 September 2007.

Link to: Ramattan news agency raided by security forces

Ramattan news agency raided by security forces

Internal security forces raided the agency’s offices in Gaza City and prevented the holding of a press conference.

Link to: Israeli forces assault two photographers in Nablus

Israeli forces assault two photographers in Nablus

Reuters photographer Abdul Rahim Quseini and AFP photographer Arif Tufaha were assaulted by soldiers in the West Bank.

Link to: Violations of media freedoms in Palestine during October 2009

Violations of media freedoms in Palestine during October 2009

(MADA/IFEX) – There have been disturbing violations of media freedoms in the occupied Palestinian territories during October 2009. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) monitored many of the Israeli violations against journalists, especially incidents in Jerusalem and Hebron committed by the Israeli occupation forces.

Link to: Two photographers attacked in Hebron

Two photographers attacked in Hebron

MADA condemns the attacks on photographers Abdel-Hafiz Hashlamoun and Najeh Hashlamoun in two separate incidents in Hebron.

Link to: Journalists assaulted by Israeli forces; stone-throwing Palestinian youth injures photographer

Journalists assaulted by Israeli forces; stone-throwing Palestinian youth injures photographer

MADA calls on the international community to pressure the Israeli government to stop its attacks on journalists.