1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2000: Middle East and North Africa Analysis - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RHOtavqIGJ"><a href="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-regional-overview-by-joe/">Attacks on the Press 2000: Middle East and North Africa Analysis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-regional-overview-by-joe/embed/#?secret=RHOtavqIGJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2000: Middle East and North Africa Analysis” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="RHOtavqIGJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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ALTHOUGH RIGHTS TO FREE EXPRESSION AND PRESS FREEDOM are enshrined in national constitutions from Algeria to Yemen, governments found many practical ways to restrict these freedoms. State ownership of the media, censorship, legal harassment, intimidation, and imprisonment of journalists were again among the favored tools of repression and control. In Iraq, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria,…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260