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Amnesty International Slams Egypt’s Anti-terror Draft law

Amnesty International has decried Egyptian new anti-terrorism law which threatens journalists with jail for reporting anything that contradicts the official account of terrorist attacks. This draft law represents “a flagrant attack on the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association”, said Amnesty International on Wednesday in a press release, describing the bill as […]

Morocco: Tourism Earnings Reach $3.7 Bln in Five Months

Morocco’s inbound tourism revenues reached $3.7 billion during the first five months of this year, representing an 8 pc increase compared to the same period of last year. According to latest data released by the ministry of tourism, the number of overnight stays during the same period reached 11.8 million (+13%), while the number of […]

Algeria: US-based NGos decry alarming attacks on press freedom

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Washington-based rights group the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy (TIMEP) have condemned the Algerian authorities’ continuing repression, harassment, persecution and arbitrary detention of journalists. In a joint report they submitted to the United Nations Human Rights Council for its upcoming periodic review in Geneva, the two […]