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Lebanon journalist UK entry veto

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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A Lebanese journalist with links to militant group Hezbollah has been barred from entering Britain.
Ibrahim Moussawi was due to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, but the home secretary has ruled he should be denied a visa.
Mr Moussawi was [...]

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Tags: Mediterranean · Politics · Society · Travel · War & Conflict

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

January 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

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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 [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Religion · Society

Un journaliste syrien menacé d’enlèvement

December 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

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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 [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Video · War & Conflict

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

December 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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 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 [...]

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Tags: Politics · Society · War & Conflict · Youth