Bahrain opposition editor says has been reinstated

{jcomments on}Tweet   Mansoor al-Jamri, former editor-in-chief of Al Wasat, says board has voted to give him his job back The top editor of a Bahraini opposition newspaper who was forced to resign and was prosecuted after anti-government... Read more

Fewer Brits arrested in the UAE, but deaths rise

{jcomments on}Tweet   Foreign office says deaths of Britons in Gulf state up by a third, but drug offences down FCO figures showed 75 Britons had died, 41 had been hospitalized and one raped during the 12-month period The number of Britons... Read more

Saudi prince wins UK paper libel damages

Tweet   {jcomments on} Interior minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz al Saud will give ‘substantial’ sum to charity A top Saudi Arabia official has won “substantial” libel damages against a UK newspaper after it printed... Read more

{jcomments on}Tweet 13 British people were stopped at Tel Aviv airport in July 2011. Five hours later they and 120 other people were in a high security prison in Israel. Hidden video camera inside Israeli prison

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Twitter has been blocked partially in UAE

Tweet   {jcomments on} Internet surfers in UAE who use the services of du, complained that Twitter has been blocked, even though the adopted safe site https://twitter.com/, is still not restricted

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Annemarie Jacir: A Palestinian treasure

Tweet   {jcomments on} Her film “Like Twenty Impossibles” (2003) was the first Palestinian short film to be an official selection of the Cannes International Film Festival. It won more than 15 awards at various international festivals... Read more

Ex-News of the World staff offered jobs in Dubai

Tweet   {jcomments on} Internal memo shows staff caught in phone hacking scandal offered jobs overseas Former staff of the News of the World, the British tabloid closed amid allegations employees hacked up to 4,000 phones, have been offered... Read more