Palestine - Hamas closes Ma'an News and Al-Arabiya TV bureaux in Gaza Strip

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate reopening of the Ma'an News and Al-Arabiya TV bureaux in Gaza City, which the Hamas government closed on 25 July after they reported that Hamas was sheltering Muslim Brotherhood officials who had fled Egypt. “Closing news bureaux for covering matters of public interest, even when they are sensitive, constitutes a gross violation of freedom of information, which is already endangered in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas government's ban on any (...)

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