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- Bashar al-Assad - Freedom of the press - journalists - Syria

Damascus cracks down on journalists reporting on crisis

From Tunisia to Egypt, Libya to Yemen, journalists from all over the world covered the Arab revolutions. But that's not the case in Syria. Damascus violently suppresses journalists and many Syrians and foreign journalists are currently in custody. The only information filtering out is amateur and opposition footage that is sent via the internet.

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23/05/2012 - CANADA

Students in Quebec march against tuition fee hike

Student protests in the Canadian province Quebec are into their fourth month. Hundreds were arrested at marches to mark 100 days since the protests began. Students are demonstrating against an 80 percent rise in tuition fees in Quebec, the Canadian province that has until now enjoyed the country's lowest rates for higher education.

23/05/2012 - EGYPT

Egyptians head to the polls

Egyptians go to the polls in the country's first truly contested presidential election on Wednesday. With an array of candidates to choose from, voters will decide who's the best man to lead them through the last phase of the country's troubled democratic transition that began with Egypt's revolution in January last year. Cairo correspondents Kathryn Stapley and Sonia Dridi talked to some of the activists whose protests in Tahrir Square changed the course of Egypt's history.

22/05/2012 - EGYPT

A troubling time for Egypt's Coptic Christians

Egyptians go to the polls tomorrow to vote for a new president for the first time since Hosni Mubarak was ousted during the revolution last year. Two of the front-runners in the presidential race with a realistic chance of winning are devout Islamists, which is troubling for Egypt's Coptic Christians. They are Egypt's largest religious minority and many of them don't think any of the candidates are capable of protecting them from the religious violence that has been steadily increasing.

22/05/2012 - WEST BANK

'The Battle of the Empty Stomachs'

Palestinians nicknamed it "the battle of the empty stomachs". For weeks, 1,600 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails refused food and drink in what became the longest ever mass hunger strike. Israel finally capitulated and a deal was reached, allowing those in isolation back onto the general wards, and visas for those family members wishing to visit from Gaza. In exchange, prisoners agreed not to carry out "security activities" such as recruiting for terrorist missions.

21/05/2012 - SERBIA

Serbia's new president - nationalist or not?

Serbia has elected a new president - and it's not the one that most people were expecting. Tomislav Nikolic has unseated Boris Tadic, the man in power since 2004. Observers are worried about the new head of state, who used to be part of the ultra-nationalist Radical Party. He once said he would prefer to be allied with Russia than join the EU, but he has since toned down the rhetoric, saying he will take Serbia to Europe after all.

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reponse a anonyme

by Anonyme - 24/05/2011 - 23:00

C'est bien de donner des lecons a France 24, encore faudrait-il vous demander pourquoi le gouvernement syrien interdit aux reporters l'acces a son territoire et pourquoi il emprisonne les reporters et les maltraite (voir temoignage du reporter algerien sur France 2 battu et emprisonne pendant 23 jours dans une cellule de 2mx3m sous la terre... Bien sur tout cela n'est que mensonge et inventions

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La Syrie

by Anonyme - 07/05/2011 - 11:54

Il est notoire qu'a chaque fin de mois vous émargez aux caisses occultes des Salafistes, Frères Musulmans et autres Wahabistes pour le venin quotidien distillé vos antennes. Vos informations souvent basées sur des films pris avec des téléphones sont distribués par vous sans avoir subi une vérification quelconque. A titre d'exemple vos commensaux syriens qui se disent activites vous font parvenir des documents avec leurs commentaires personnels... Vous les diffusez sdans avoir pris la peine de les avoir vérifié. Combien de fois les fils diffusés par vos intentions innocentes montrent des manifs soit disant a Homs, Hamas ou ailleurs alors qu'en fait il s'agit toujours des mêmes évenements de Deraa que vous montrez presque "en boucle".'
. Pour que d'une ville ne orenez même pas la peine d'y amener une verification quelconque... Vosyriens qutre venin quotidien sur vos antennes.

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