Saudi Arabia convicts TV presenter for critical show
New York, February 6, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the 12-year jail term handed to the owner of a broadcaster in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The journalist has 30 days to appeal.
News accounts reported that Jalal Mohamed al-Jamal, manager of the local news website Al-Awamia, was freed from prison on March 5, 2013. It was unclear why the journalist, who was jailed without charge for more than a year, had been released.
New York, March 16, 2012–Three Saudi Web managers whose sites cover political unrest in the country’s highly restricted Eastern Province should be released from detention immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.