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 ...
ANKARA (AA) – A Kuwaiti newspaper has introduced a virtual news anchor as part of a trial aimed at utilizing artificial intelligence in journalism. The anchor was named Fedha, a classic Kuwait name meaning silver, and appeared on the Twitter account of Kuwait News website. The introduction of the virtual news anchor marks a significant [...
ALGIERS, Algeria (AA) – The imam was there to lead prayers for the gathered faithful, but to an affectionate cat, he seemed the most attractive target to climb. A video clip of the kitty jumping onto a robed imam as he led Tarawih, a featured prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, went viral […]
Algiers, Algeria (AFP): An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced prominent journalist Ihsane El Kadi to three years in prison for “foreign financing of his business” in a case denounced by rights groups. El Kadi, one of the last independent media bosses in the North African nation as director of the Maghreb Emergent news website and [...
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AFP): Bangladesh’s high court granted bail on Sunday to Matiur Rahman, one of the country’s most respected editors, after he was charged under a controversial digital law. Matiur Rahman, 78, the editor of the Bengali-language daily Prothom Alo, requested bail after a lawyer filed a case against him and a reporter...
ANKARA (AA) – Burkina Faso has expelled reporters of French newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, French media reported on Sunday. Sophie Douce from Le Monde Afrique and Agnes Faivre from Liberation were ordered by the Burkinabe authorities to leave the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, according to Le Monde. The notification by agents from...
