If you want to be notified the next time we publish something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It's time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial [...]
Tagged Arab, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, freedom-of-pressIn the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst.
Here is the list in order from "best" to "worst":
Kuwait – 73
United Arab Emirates – 77
Mauritania – 77
Qatar – 80
Morocco – 97
Lebanon – 107
Jordan – 109
Bahrain – 111
Algeria – [...]
WAN Press Freedom Report: The Arab World One of the Most Troubling Regions
The World Association of Newspapers's press freedom review was presented to its Board, meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 14 November. The report states that the Middle East and North Africa is one of the most troubling regions in the world for press freedom, [...]
Bird flu at our door steps (Arabic):
Large numbers of chicken perished in south Yemen triggering fears bird flu, reports said Monday.
The Daily al-Ayam reported an unidentified disease is spreading quickly among birds in the province of Kabita, and cats and dogs that ate the dead birds also perished.
The paper said sick chickens stopped eating and [...]
Searched everywhere on the Arabic media to confirm this, but could not find it except on United Press International:
Saudi Arabia said Monday a rocket fired from inside Yemeni territory exploded on the Saudi side of the border.
Daily al-Watan quoted a security source as saying an explosion, which occurred in the border province of Najran, [...]
Riots In Yemen: Twenty dead, hundreds injured, no photos allowed. Roundup here.
Tagged Bleeding Edge, Politics, Yemen
