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By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Harvard University’s Kennedy School reversed course Thursday after initially denying a fellowship to Ken Roth, the man who led Human Rights Watch (HRW) for three decades. The school’s decision came after Dean Douglas Elmendorf initially blocked Roth from receiving an illustrious one-year fellowship at the school’s Carr Center for Human […]

10th Jan 2023

Palestine: 55 Palestinian journalists killed by Israel since 2000

By Awad al-Rujoub RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces have killed 55 Palestinian journalists since 2000, according to a local syndicate on Monday. “Fifty-five reporters have been killed either by Israeli fire or bombardment since 2000,” Naser Abu Baker, head of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS), told a press conference in the West Bank city of […]

14th May 2022

Palestine: Israeli police attack mourners carrying Abu Akleh’s body during funeral procession

By Abdelraouf Arna’out JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police on Friday assaulted Palestinian mourners in the funeral procession of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in occupied East Jerusalem. EU has called for a “thorough and independent investigation” into the death of Abu Akleh. Thousands of Palestinians participated in the funeral ceremony of the veteran journalist. […]

23rd Jan 2022

Palestine: 17 Palestinian journalists held in Israeli prisons

By Nour Abu Eisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israel is holding 17 Palestinian journalists and media workers in prison, according to an Arab journalists rights group on Saturday. In a statement, the Journalists’ Support Committee said seven of those arrested have already been sentenced, five are still under Israel’s administrative detention policy, while five […]

23rd Oct 2021

UN concerned by Israel labeling Palestinian rights groups terror organizations

By Mustafa M. M. Haboush and Muhammed Semi RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): The UN said Friday it is worried about Israel declaring six Palestinian rights groups terror organizations. The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory said in a statement that “counter-terrorism legislation must not be used to constrain legitimate human rights and […]

13th Jun 2021

US: Journalists open letter on US bias media coverage of Palestine

By Islam Dogru NEW YORK (AA): More than 500 journalists working at US media outlets released an open letter about American media coverage of Palestine. Journalists spoke up against the narrative used by the media that “obscures the most fundamental aspects of the story: Israel’s military occupation and its system of apartheid.” “An open […]

9th Mar 2021

Afghanistan: Killing spree forces women journalists to quit

By Shadi Khan Saif KABUL, Afghanistan (AA):The escalating violence seen in Afghanistan in recent months, which claimed the lives of at least four women journalists, has forced more than 300 others to quit their jobs. Last year, there were at least 1,678 women and young girls working in various media outlets across the country, […]

22nd Oct 2020

Jammu & Kashmir: Blow to press freedom as India closes free media

By Nusrat Sidiq SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA):- The abrupt closure of a decades-old local English-language daily in Indian-administered Kashmir has dealt yet another blow to press freedom in the region, with journalists saying the move is meant to silence credible voices of dissent. On Monday, the estates department of the Jammu and Kashmir […]

2nd Aug 2018

Israel: Arab ‘terror’ vs extreme Jewish ‘underground’

JERUSALEM (AA): An Israeli court this week sentenced Darin Tatour, a prominent Palestinian poet, to five months in jail after convicting her of “inciting terrorism” in a poem she posted on social media. Tatour, a 36-year-old resident of the northern Galilee region, was first detained by the Israeli authorities in 2015 for her poem entitled, […]

14th Jan 2016

France: Charlie Hebdo’s Aylan cartoon causes uproar

PARIS (AA) – French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is facing fresh international criticism after a cartoon in its latest edition appeared to link Syrian Kurdish toddler Aylan Kurdi with those who committed sex attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve. The cartoon contains a drawing of the toddler’s drowned body in one corner; below it […]

Over 120 people attended a landmark conference on the media reporting of Islam and Muslims. It was held jointly by The Muslim News and Society of Editors in London on September 15.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence 2015 was held on March in London to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to the society.

The Muslim News Awards for Excellence event is to acknowledge British Muslim and non-Muslim contributions to society. Over 850 people from diverse background, Muslim and non-Muslim, attended the gala dinner.