May 14, 2021
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a global press freedom watchdog, has called on Israel to protect reporters covering the unrest across Israel and the Palestinian territories, as well as refrain from targeting buildings that house media outlets.
“Israeli authorities must cease arresting and attacking journalists, who play a vital role reporting the news and bringing clarity amid chaos,” said Ignacio Miguel Delgado, the committee s Middle East and North Africa representative.
In the West Bank on Wednesday, Israeli forces arrested Hazem Naser, a Palestinian cameraman for Al-Ghad, according to a report by the Amman-based broadcaster. On Thursday, Turkish state-owned Anadolu Agency reported that two of its Palestinian journalists were injured in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
A policeman then pulls him with the handcuffs.
What do we know about the charges?
According to AP, Thein Zaw s lawyer said he faces charges under a law that punishes spreading false news, causing fear, or agitating for a criminal offense against public employees.
The junta amended the law last month to increase the penalty from two years and widen its jurisdiction, the lawyer told AP.
Thein Zaw, 32, is reportedly being held in Insein Prison in northern Yangon, where previous military regimes sent political prisoners.
AP said that the lawyer confirmed Thein Zaw could be held until March 12 without another hearing.
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MOSCOW – To his supporters, anti-corruption figure Alexei Navalny, whose detention has sparked massive protests across Russia, was sent to prison for the crime of daring to survive President Vladimir Putin s efforts to poison him. Putin is turning his main threat into a martyr, a kind of Russian Nelson Mandela, said Jaka Bizilj, the director of the Berlin-based humanitarian group Cinema for Peace Foundation, referring to South Africa s anti-apartheid hero and former president.
In August, Bizilj organized for Navalny to be evacuated by private plane to Germany after he fell into a coma in the Siberian city of Omsk. Russia says there is no evidence the longtime Kremlin critic was poisoned. But German scientists determined Navalny had been exposed to the Russian military grade nerve agent Novichok, a claim backed by the U.S. and several European countries. An investigation by Bellingcat, a digital research organization, traced the poisoning to Russian sec
Al Jazeera Arabic journalist spent more than four years in detention without formal charges or trial
Mahmoud Hussein s release comes less than three weeks after the inauguration of US President Joe Biden (AFP) By Published date: 6 February 2021 16:50 UTC | Last update: 1 month 2 weeks ago
Egyptian authorities released Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein on Saturday, more than four years after he was detained on allegations of spreading false news and defaming Egypt s reputation, the Qatar-backed news network reported.
In a statement, Mostefa Souag, the acting director general of the network, said the release was a moment of truth and an inspiring milestone towards press freedom .
Al Jazeera has condemned the continued imprisonment without charge of its journalist Mahmoud Hussein by the Egyptian authorities.
Wednesday marks four years that Hussein has spent “in prison under arbitrary and illegal detention by the Egyptian authorities”, the network said in a statement.
“Hussein remains detained without formal charges nor trial, making his detention period a violation of both Egyptian and international laws.”
Mahmoud Hussein was arrested on December 23, 2016, while visiting his family for a holiday.
“Since then, he has suffered, both physically and mentally, under the arbitrary imprisonment of the Egyptian authorities,” Al Jazeera said.
During his time in prison, Mahmoud Hussein’s detention has far surpassed the maximum period for pre-trial detention, violating both Egyptian and international law.