World

CPJ highlights controls on Internet, independent media as top censorship tools New York, April 21, 2015-With journalists often facing a choice of life in exile...

Alon Ben-Meir Apr 20, 2015 Every Arab state, regardless of the extent to which it is involved in combating violent extremism, must recognize that there is...

Author’s Note: The Armenian Genocide which began one hundred years ago this week inside present-day Turkey will be remembered worldwide on April 24. That...

By Alon Ben-Meir Apr 10, 2015 The intensified public discussion about the root causes of violent extremism has focused mainly on the socio-economic and political conditions...

Al Jazeera has confirmed that its two journalists held by the Nigerian military since 24 March 2015 have been released. Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustapha were...

Legal action has been taken to declare the Nigerian military’s detention of two Al Jazeera journalists as “illegal and unconstitutional.”   The Motion on Notice filed...

PRESS RELEASE - Nairobi/Hong Kong/Stockholm, April 1 2015 With 'Food Safety' being the theme of this year’s World Health Day on April 7, 37 laureates...

Kampala, Uganda, 31/3/2015: Former Uganda Vice President Dr. Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe has assured Ugandan women that the time is NOW to reignite processes for ensuring...

  Al Jazeera has once again urged the Nigerian authorities to release their detained journalists in Maiduguri who have now been detained for a week...

Al Jazeera Media Network condemned the invasion of Houthi rebels on its bureau in the Yemeni capital. Armed Houthis stormed the bureau in Sanaa...