press freedom

Gaza_children
Gaza War
MENA
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Media orgs call on Israel to allow foreign reporters into Gaza

Editors from over two dozen organisations pressed Israel to allow independent journalists access to Gaza, questioning their rationale in banning them.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 April, 2026
Media rights watchdog Reporters Without Borders said press freedom around the world has fallen to its lowest level in a quarter of a century [Getty]
Journalism
World
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Press freedom at lowest level in 25 years: RSF

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 April, 2026
Ahmed Shihab‑Eldin attend "Palestine 36" red carpet during the Doha Film Festival 2025 on November 24, 2025 in Doha, Qatar.
Kuwait
World
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US-Kuwaiti journalist leaves Kuwait after detention release

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 April, 2026
Doha Film Festival 2025 - Day One
Kuwait
MENA
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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin held 51 days in Kuwait as lawyers raise alarm

The New Arab Staff
22 April, 2026
Demonstrators hold posters reading " Birgun will not be silent
Turkey
MENA
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Turkey sentences journalist under controversial media law

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 April, 2026
NRT
Erbil
MENA
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With NRT channel shut, Iraqi Kurdistan's press crackdown worsens

Dana Taib Menmy
05 February, 2026
Israel's Megiddo prison
Israeli jail
MENA
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Palestinian journalist at risk of imminent death in Israeli jail

The New Arab Staff
04 January, 2026
Israeli and international journalists protest in solidarity with journalists from Gaza and against their targeted attacks by the Israeli army at ''Beit Ha'Itona'i'' (Journalists' House) in Tel Aviv, Israel, on August 13, 2025
Israel
MENA
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Israel's far-right government to shutter Army Radio station

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 December, 2025
A general view of the front page of "Syrian Al-Thawra" newspaper in Damascus on December 1, 2025.
Post-Assad Syria
MENA
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Syria launches first official print newspaper since Assad fall

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 December, 2025
Black front pages of newspapers in Israel
Israel
MENA
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Fears Israeli press bill will target embattled Palestinian media

Oliver Mizzi
05 November, 2025
People mourn the loss of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Mutair killed in an Israeli attack at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza on October 20, 2025
Gaza War
MENA
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Global media group urges Israel court to grant Gaza access

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
22 October, 2025
A picture taken on January 16, 2022 shows the Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo,
Egypt
MENA
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Egyptian journalist faces secret trial over 'China spy' charges

The New Arab Staff
30 September, 2025
Ranking member Sen. Elizabeth Warren
Gaza War
World
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Warren among 17 US senators calling for press access in Gaza

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 August, 2025
Anas al-Sharif [Getty]
Gaza journalists
MENA
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Who was Anas al-Sharif, the journalist killed by Israel in Gaza?

The New Arab Staff
11 August, 2025
Israeli army's military vehicles are seen patrolling the area where its forces opened fire to civilians protesting occupation in Quneita, Syria on December 25, 2024
Israel
MENA
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Israeli forces intensify attacks on journalists in Syria

Matthew Hoare
11 August, 2025
krg-prison
Iraqi Kurdistan
MENA
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Imprisoned Iraqi Kurdish journalist Sherwani faces new charges

Dana Taib Menmy
31 July, 2025
Inspectors and police are raiding the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 5, 2024, and are confiscating its equipment
Israel
MENA
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Bid by Israeli far-right to permanently ban Al-Jazeera stalls

The New Arab Staff
22 July, 2025
Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, an AFP correspondent said.
Turkey
World
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Turkey detains cartoonists over drawing depicting prophets

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 July, 2025
Ferhat Mehenni president of the Movement for the Self Determination of Kabylia at a rally for the release of Boualem Sansal in Paris, France,
Algeria
MENA
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Algeria jails French journalist for 7 years over football report

Basma El Atti
30 June, 2025
Gaza_journalists
Gaza War
World
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The New Arab, over 120 organisations call for Gaza media access

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
05 June, 2025
Wendy McMahon at the 81st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 7, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California
US affairs
World
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CBS News boss resigns amid tensions with Trump administration

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 May, 2025