Hadi al-Mahdi, a radio show host and activist in Iraq, was killed in his home on Thursday, according to international news reports. Al-Mahdi hosted a thrice-weekly show called “To Whoever Listens” in which he criticized the government and the lack of public services, the Washington Post and others reported.  The outspoken activist stopped hosting the […]

A U.N. body of human rights experts has called for the release of nine journalists that Egypt is holding in connection with the bloody clearing of Cairo’s Rabaa Square in August 2013, saying that their detention is arbitrary and a violation of their human rights. The U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, in an opinion […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is concerned at the death of journalist Wael Yunna and reports of attacks on private television stations during deadly clashes on Sunday between protestors speaking out against perceived religious discrimination, and the military who were also supported by a group of protestors. Wael Yunna, a reporter for a Coptic television […]

Jaffer al-Alawai, a prominent journalist, blogger and poet, was arrested on 8 November. He was released after spending over 24 hours in custody. It is still unclear why he was arrested and whether he will be formally charged. Al-Alawai previously worked as an anchor for the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation, the state-controlled, sole television […]