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Israel's treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern

John Pilger

The Guardian,
Wednesday July 2, 2008

Two weeks ago, I presented a young Palestinian, Mohammed Omer, with the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism. Awarded in memory of the great US war correspondent, the prize goes to ( Read more... )

By Paul de Rooij
Paul de Rooij is a Dutch mathematician and economist. He lives in London.

MacIntyre reports on Mohammed Omer's ordeal at the Allenby Bridge crossing, and he should be commended for that. However, it is a rather confused explanation of what happened to Omer, and the final paragraph of the article reads: Reuters quoted an unnamed ( Read more... )

The BBC ignores the beating of Palestinian journalist they interviewed only days before

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 30th, 2008

LETTERS TO THE BBC BY DAVID HALPIN

To BBC News online

Dear Olivia,

My first message to you was on 06/28/2008 at 08:33 PM.

I see no report of the assault on this journalist on the BBC web site. Assuming you are on holiday, I am copying ( Read more... )

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Gaza reporter: Israeli security officials broke my ribs

By Reuters

A Palestinian journalist said from his hospital bed on Monday that Israeli security personnel abused him and broke his ribs on his way home to the Gaza Strip after ( Read more... )

By Del Quentin Wilber

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, June 29, 2008; A14

Jawed Ahmad, a driver and assistant for reporters of a Canadian television network in Afghanistan, knew the roads to avoid, how to get interviews and which stories to pitch. Reporters trusted him, his bosses say.

Then, one day about seven months ago, the 22-year-old CTV News ( Read more... )

IOF troops assault Palestinian award winning journalist

[ 27/06/2008 - 03:46 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- IOF troops stationed at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, on Thursday, physically assaulted Muhammad Omar, winner of 2008 Martha Gellhorn Journalism award, as he returned to Gaza from London where he received the award earlier this month.

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By Joe Strupp

Published: June 25, 2008 11:15 AM ET

NEW YORK News outlets seeking inspection and safety data on local dams, in light off the recent string of floods in the Midwest, have been stonewalled by government officials who have withheld such data as part of the Patriot Act, according to Investigative Reporters and Editors.

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Publisher of Arabic-Language Weekly Charged With 'Libel And Insult'

Reporters sans Frontières (Paris)

PRESS RELEASE

17 June 2008

Posted to the web 18 June 2008

Mohamed Nema Oumar, the publisher of the privately-owned, Arabic-language weekly "Al-Houriya", was released on the evening of 13 June 2008 after being held for 30 hours in a police station ( Read more... )

The Hedonists of Power

Posted on Jun 23, 2008

By Chris Hedges

Washington has become Versailles. We are ruled, entertained and informed by courtiers. The popular media are courtiers. The Democrats, like the Republicans, are courtiers. Our pundits and experts are courtiers. We are captivated by the hollow stagecraft of political theater as we are ( Read more... )