Attacks on media continue across Middle East - Committee to Protect Journalists

17.2.11

Attacks on media continue across Middle East - Committee to Protect Journalists: "New York, February 16, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the continued assaults on journalists covering anti-government demonstrations in the Middle East. In recent days, journalists have been obstructed, assaulted, or detained in Libya, Bahrain, Iran, and Yemen. Authorities have also slowed down Internet connection and blocked websites, according to local journalists.

'It's alarming to see Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, and Iran, take a page from Egypt and Tunisia to use violence and censorship to stop coverage of political unrest,' said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator. 'The international community must speak out against these deliberate acts of media obstruction.'"

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