1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2002: Middle East and North Africa Analysis - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3YIyZ3nSKr"><a href="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-overview-the-middle-east/">Attacks on the Press 2002: Middle East and North Africa Analysis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-overview-the-middle-east/embed/#?secret=3YIyZ3nSKr" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2002: Middle East and North Africa Analysis” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="3YIyZ3nSKr" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The Arab world continues to lag behind the rest of the globe in civil and political rights, including press freedom. Despotic regimes of varying political shades regularly limit news that they think will undermine their power. Hopes that a new generation of leaders would tolerate criticism in the press have proved illusory, with many reforms…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260