by Raneem Hannoush | Aug 21, 2017 | Features
New York – Journalism is a profession of relaying facts and documenting the news whether through the lens of a mobile phone during an Arab Spring demonstration or an in-depth report that uncovers corruption at European banks or a blog that speaks of the suffering of a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 3, 2017 | World
Mexico has been slammed for successive presidents’ failure to stop violence against journalists or to hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. A report from the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said that Mexico is one of the most dangerous...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2014 | Media
New York, AP—At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday, making the past three years the deadliest for journalists since the organization began keeping...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 19, 2014 | Media
Islamabad, Reuters—Four French journalists held hostage in Syria since June were found by Turkish soldiers on its border with Syria on Saturday, Turkish media reported, and French President François Hollande said the four were in good health. Nicolas Hénin, Pierre...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 30, 2013 | Media
New York, AP—At least 70 journalists were killed on the job around the world in 2013, including 29 who died covering the civil war in Syria and 10 slain in Iraq, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The dead in Syria included a number of citizen...
