Committee to Protect Journalists - Algeria tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-02-21T16:56:31Z Movable Type 4.34-en Attacks on the Press: From Uprisings, Trends to Watch tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17659 2012-02-22T04:20:01Z 2012-02-21T16:56:31Z The Middle East's political shifts changed conditions for journalists dramatically. The emerging trends favor free expression, but are filled with ambiguity and depend on the political configurations to emerge after the revolutionary dust has settled. By Mohamed Abdel Dayem... Committee to Protect Journalists Photographers take cover during November protests in Tahrir Square. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

The Middle East's political shifts changed conditions for journalists dramatically. The emerging trends favor free expression, but are filled with ambiguity and depend on the political configurations to emerge after the revolutionary dust has settled. By Mohamed Abdel Dayem

]]> In Algeria, new media law stifles free expression tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18392 2012-01-25T21:36:02Z 2012-01-25T22:42:38Z Committee to Protect Journalists Algerian President Bouteflika has not honored his pledge of media reform. (AFP/Fethi Belaid)

New York, January 25, 2012--Algeria's new media law falls short of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's promises of reform and also fails to meet international standards for freedom of expression, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

]]> Attacks on the Press 2010: Middle East and North Africa Developments tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16629 2011-02-15T05:01:55Z 2011-02-15T02:28:37Z Committee to Protect Journalists Journalists in the Middle East face multiple attacks tag:cpj.org,2011://1.16805 2011-02-14T21:47:46Z 2011-02-14T21:54:29Z Committee to Protect Journalists A woman walks past riot police standing guard during a demonstration in Algiers on Saturday. (Reuters/Louafi Larbi )

New York, February 14, 2011--As protests spread from Tunisia and Egypt to other countries in the region, journalists have been targeted by security forces, in Yemen, Iran, and Algeria, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

]]> Algeria harasses two Moroccan journalists tag:cpj.org,2010://1.16106 2010-09-24T18:30:01Z 2010-09-24T18:57:47Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, September 24, 2010--The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces Algerian authorities' harassment of two Moroccan journalists who were effectively detained for four days in the town of Tindouf in southwestern Algeria. 

]]> Attacks on the Press 2009: Middle East and North Africa Developments tag:cpj.org,2010://1.13914 2010-02-16T05:02:10Z 2010-02-15T17:43:53Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Algerian newspaper covering corruption suspended tag:cpj.org,2010://1.14136 2010-01-22T21:15:36Z 2010-02-18T15:47:09Z Committee to Protect Journalists A court in central Algiers indefinitely banned the bimonthly newspaper Sirry Lelghaya (Highly Classified), a supplement of Al-Monaqasa newspaper, as of November 3, 2009. According to local news reports, the vague wording of the decision noted licensing irregularities without providing details. The court's decision was issued in accordance with the Information Act of 4/4/1990 and the Penal Code. This legislation grants the judiciary the power to ban and fine newspapers.

]]> Algerian journalist faces 16 politicized lawsuits tag:cpj.org,2009://1.13707 2009-10-08T20:17:09Z 2009-10-08T20:18:31Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, October 8, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Algerian authorities to drop charges against journalist and rights activist Hafnaoui Ghoul, who is on trial for writing articles critical of local authorities in Djelfa province. 

]]> Bouteflika urged to reverse Algerian press freedom abuses tag:cpj.org,2009://1.11143 2009-04-20T14:15:47Z 2009-04-20T14:51:25Z Dear Mr. President: The Committee to Protect Journalists is writing to protest the rising incidence of press freedom violations, many of which occurred during the recent electoral campaign that resulted in your re-election to a third term. Committee to Protect Journalists Algerian journalist provisionally released, facing jail term tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10971 2009-03-09T21:20:08Z 2009-03-09T21:24:45Z New York, March 9, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the provisional release on medical grounds of an Algerian journalist known for his denunciation of corruption under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, but is concerned that he will need to return to jail to serve a six-month sentence.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, March 9, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the provisional release on medical grounds of an Algerian journalist known for his denunciation of corruption under President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, but is concerned that he will need to return to jail to serve a six-month sentence.

]]> Algerian author's ‎manuscript confiscated tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10881 2009-02-10T21:28:00Z 2009-08-31T15:05:54Z Algerian police confiscated journalist Mohamed Benchicou's new manuscript, The Journal a Free Man, from a printing plant in Blida, south of Algiers. In a statement posted on several news Web sites, Benchicou said security forces raided the printer and ordered the director to cease the printing job. The raid came... Committee to Protect Journalists Algerian police confiscated journalist Mohamed Benchicou's new manuscript, The Journal a Free Man, from a printing plant in Blida, south of Algiers. In a statement posted on several news Web sites, Benchicou said security forces raided the printer and ordered the director to cease the printing job. The raid came a few days before Algeria held an International Book Fair on October 27-November 5, 2008.

Benchicou, former publisher of the French-language daily Le Matin, served two years in jail for allegedly violating the country's currency laws in 2003. He was released in June 2006.

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2008: Middle East/North Africa Developments tag:cpj.org,2009://1.10703 2009-02-10T05:22:05Z 2009-04-24T16:17:18Z Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/ Court hands down jail terms in defamation case tag:cpj.org,2008://1.10606 2008-12-23T20:57:18Z 2008-12-23T20:58:25Z New York, December 23, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by an Algerian court to sentence an editor-in-chief and a journalist at the Algiers-based independent daily El Watan to a three-month jail term each for defamation on Monday.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, December 23, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the decision by an Algerian court to sentence an editor-in-chief and a journalist at the Algiers-based independent daily El Watan to a three-month jail term each for defamation on Monday.

]]> New issue of French magazine banned in three nations tag:cpj.org,2008://1.10416 2008-11-04T20:00:31Z 2008-11-04T21:45:46Z New York, November 4, 2008--CPJ is deeply concerned by the decisions of the Moroccan, Tunisian, and Algerian‎ governments to ban the new issue of L'Express magazine carrying a series of articles about Islam and Christianity.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, November 4, 2008--CPJ is deeply concerned by the decisions of the Moroccan, Tunisian, and Algerian‎ governments to ban the new issue of L'Express magazine carrying a series of articles about Islam and Christianity.

]]> Journalist convicted for investigative article tag:216.139.245.96,2008://1.10186 2008-10-30T01:23:13Z 2008-10-30T12:31:50Z New York, October 29, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that Algerian journalist Noureddine Boukraa has been convicted of disclosing "confidential" information after he reported that security officials may have used their positions for personal gain.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, October 29, 2008--The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed that Algerian journalist Noureddine Boukraa has been convicted of disclosing "confidential" information after he reported that security officials may have used their positions for personal gain.

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