Israel authorities have turned their wrath towards the media with the recent decision to shut down offices of the Al Jazeera News Agency-English channel the Middle East country, an action described by global watchdog Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) as the ‘last straw in press freedom’. The CPJ, in
Middle East
Gaza journalist describes 33 harrowing days in Israeli custody
Diaa Al-Kahlout, the veteran Gaza bureau chief for the Qatari-funded London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, had been covering the Israel-Gaza war for two months when he became part of the news. On December 7, Al-Kahlout was detained along with members of his family by Israeli forces in a mass arrest in Beit
The tragic death of Palestinian journalists
Reporting from frontline of Gaza conflict raises hard ethical questions
Social media under siege … as global blackout looms
Despite sustained advocacy by campaigners for leaders to respect people and media rights to flourish as espoused under democratic tenets, the media remains under threat globally. With the media grappling to remain relevant to society- being a mirror of society, the use of social media by practitioners and other end users