LONDON – Former CNN reporter Saima Mohsin is taking legal action against the news network, alleging unfair dismissal and racial discrimination. Mohsin, who was incapacitated after an accident while reporting from Jerusalem in 2014, claims that CNN did not support her after the incident. She also alleges that she was denied high-profile b...
DAMASCUS, Syria – Syria has withdrawn the accreditation of two local journalists working for the BBC. The Syrian Ministry of Information has accused the British broadcaster of engaging in false and politicized reporting. The ministry said the accreditations were withdrawn after noticing subjective and false information being spread about...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AFP): Burkina Faso is one of the poorest countries in the world, battered by an insurgency and political instability. However, instead of plunging into despair, locals are turning to the safety valve of laughter — making light of some of the country’s many problems. One of the Sahel nation’s best-lo...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has voiced deep concern that the crackdown on freedoms in Tunisia is now targeting journalists. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said vague legislation was being used to criminalise independent journalism and stifle criticism of the authorities. “It is troubling to see Tunisia, a country tha...
WASHINGTON (AA): US Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said on Tuesday that she will be boycotting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to Congress. “It’s shameful that Modi has been given a platform at our nation’s capital—his long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic actions targeting Muslims & religious minorit...
PRISTINA (AA): Nine Kosovar journalists were attacked Friday in Leposavic in northern Kosovo by masked assailants. The slain journalists had been following the actions of Serbs around Town Hall. The Kosovo Journalists Association (AGK) shared footage of media workers being stoned and physically attacked by masked assailants. Prime Minister Alb...
Conakry, Guinea (AFP): Private media and online outlets in the West African state of Guinea on Tuesday launched a one-day boycott of news in protest at press and internet restrictions by the ruling junta. Espace TV and Kalac TV posted an image of two hands pushing apart steel bars against a backdrop of the national […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian journalists on Thursday protested against “repressive” anti-terror laws they say are being used to intimidate the media after a broadcaster was jailed for five years earlier this week. Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the national union of journalists’ headquarters in the capital Tunis,...
LONDON (AA): The media plays a central role when it comes to Islamophobia because it shapes the public discourse concerning specific minorities, says Yasser Louati, a French political analyst and human rights advocate. “In the case of France, the UK or the US, we see that every single time when governments start targeting minorities, the [&hel...
ANKARA (AA) – Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdelaziz was released after being held for almost four years in pre-trial detention in Egypt, the Doha-based news network announced on Monday. Abdelaziz, an Egyptian journalist who works for Al Jazeera’s Mubasher channel, was released early Monday. Abdelaziz was arrested in June 2019 while traveling ...
