----------MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA----------
BAHRAIN:
JOINT ACTION: Twenty-one IFEX members, 34 other groups call for end to
jailing and torture of demonstrators and human rights activists in Bahrain
(BCHR)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/91069/
EGYPT:
Information minister bans distribution of four foreign newspapers (RSF)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/90985/
EGYPT:
Blogger Kareem Amer begins second year of four-year prison term; his
torture still not investigated (HRinfo)
http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/2008/pr0223.shtml
IRAQ:
- Journalists' union leader shot following criticism of attacks on media by
extremists (IFJ)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/91055/
- CPJ condemns assassination attempt against journalist union leader
http://www.cpj.org/news/2008/mideast/iraq25feb08na.html
- RSF firmly condemns shooting attack on head of journalists' union
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=25891
MOROCCO:
CPJ alarmed by Supreme Court's decision to uphold seven-month jail sentence
against journalist Mustafa Hormatallah
http://www.cpj.org/news/2008/mideast/morocco20feb08na.html
PALESTINE:
- "Al Ayyam" manager receives suspended jail sentence over controversial
cartoon; IPI calls on Hamas-led government in Gaza to lift distribution ban
on newspaper
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/91081/
- "Al-Ayyam" editor and cartoonist receive suspended six-month sentences
for cartoon deemed offensive; distribution of newspaper banned in Gaza
(RSF)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/90993/