MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT:
- Newspaper editor given suspended six-month sentence for reporting on
rumors regarding president's health (HRinfo)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/91978/
- Judge dismisses six additional cases against convicted editor; CPJ
condemns jail sentence
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/92030/
- EOHR condemns sentencing of editor over articles on president's health
http://www.fidh.org/spip.php?article5379
LEBANON:
Award-winning Iranian movie banned by authorities (Maharat)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/92012/
MOROCCO:
- Record damages awarded against editor of leading daily in libel suit
(RSF)
http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/91982/
- IFJ concerned over threat to survival of newspaper due to excessive fine
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=5998&Language=EN
PALESTINE:
IFJ condemns persecution of journalists by Hamas
http://www.ifj.org/default.asp?index=5991&Language=EN
SAUDI ARABIA:
Twenty clerics back fatwa against two reformist writers; WiPC urges
international community to ask authorities to protect the two (WiPC)
http://tinyurl.com/3x4rvu

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