Events and Activities
Egypt’s military courts have investigated or tried at least 43 children over the past year, Human Rights Watch said today,including the pending trial of 16-year-old Ahmed Hamdy Abdel Aziz in connection with the Port Said football riots... Read more
Opinion
The decision by the Arab satellite channel Aljazeera not to broadcast video recorded by the gunman in Toulouse as he killed seven people is a victory for newsroom ethics and should encourage fresh debate in Britain and elsewhere about... Read more
Opinion
Labour MPs determined not to let Rupe get away with it This is a report by Chris Youett, NUJ rep on TUC Midlands, on the recent & highly-successful conference organised by the NUJ and held at the TUC, called to find ways of... Read more
The call for submissions for 2012 is now open. Local reporters and freelance journalists (see definitions below) working anywhere in the world may enter, provided their entries meet the submission criteria set out below. You can use an online... Read more
Opinion
By Iqbal Tamimi Every single day we watch ceremonies on Arab television channels glorifying and idolizing members of royal families and rulers of states in the most disgusting way. Arab media is the main arm that tame people and shape their... Read more
Art and Culture
The Palestinian theatrical play writer and actor, Valantina Abu Oqsa, joins an international conference in Sweden to discuss her theatrical text, “ANA HURRA-I AM FREE “, through her work she manages to bring... Read more
News
From September 2012 many leading universities will increase their tuition fees in UK to £9,000 per year. The impact is already being felt with a drop in the number of applications to higher education and a real fear it will disproportionately... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi A Moroccan NGO told AFP, that a sixteen-year-old has committed suicide after she was forced to marry the man who raped her. According to interpretation of the Moroccan Penal Code, marrying the victim helps the rapist... Read more
By Iqbal Tamimi A Moroccan NGO told AFP, that a sixteen-year-old has committed suicide after she was forced to marry the man who raped her. According to interpretation of the Moroccan Penal Code, marrying the victim helps the rapist... Read more