by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2016 | Middle East
Dubai-Ten Yemeni journalists held by Houthis have gone on hunger strike to protest the conditions in which they are being held, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said on Wednesday. “We are very concerned about the detention of journalists in Yemen and we appeal to their...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 13, 2014 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The editor of a leading Russian leading news website, Lenta.ru was fired on Wednesday and replaced by a Kremlin-friendly successor, the latest incident in a series of Russian media crackdowns taking place against the backdrop of the ongoing...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 10, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported on Tuesday that one of its journalists, Javier Espinosa Robles, and freelance photographer Ricardo García Vilanova had been kidnapped by members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on September 16....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 7, 2013 | Media
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) expressed its concern for freedom of information in Egypt, citing a “campaign of repression” against the country’s media. In a press release issued on Tuesday the watchdog stated...
by Caroline Akoum | Oct 18, 2013 | Media
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syria has become a Journalists’ Graveyard as the bloody civil war between the Assad regime and the Syrian rebels rages on with seemingly no end in sight. It has become increasingly difficult for journalists to even enter Syria, while...
