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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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Sentenced to death for questioning Koran’s interpretation about women’s rights

January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

23-year-old Sayed Pervez Kambaksh, is a journalism student and reporter working for the Jahan I Naw newspaper in Afghanistan. He was arrested late October, with the accusation of blasphemy and sentenced to death by a provincial court in the northern province of Balkh, in a case that has sparked international outcry. His only crime was […]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Religion · Society

Un journaliste syrien menacé d’enlèvement

December 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Paru dans L’Orient Le Jour du 22/12/07
Droits de l’homme
Menaces contre un opposant syrien résidant au Liban
Le père d’un journaliste de l’opposition syrienne exilé au Liban a reçu des menaces portant sur les risques d’enlèvement de son fils, ont affirmé des sources de l’opposition syrienne. Hassan Saleh, le père du journaliste Jihad Saleh, a reçu un […]

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Reporters Without Borders worried about the death of internet journalist in Irak

December 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 Reporters Without Borders called yesterday on the Iraqi authorities to investigate the disturbing circumstances in which Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi, a correspondent of the news website Alive in Baghdad, was killed on 14 December. Aged 23, Moussawi was found dead in his home in the northeast Baghdad district of Habibiya after an Iraqi military raid on his […]

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