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menu-item-object-location menu-item-98978"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/afghanistan/" id="menu-link-312">Afghanistan</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98979"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/australia/" id="menu-link-313">Australia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98980"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/bangladesh/" id="menu-link-314">Bangladesh</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98981"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/brunei/" id="menu-link-315">Brunei</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98982"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/cambodia/" id="menu-link-316">Cambodia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-98983"><a href="https://cpj.org/asia/china/" id="menu-link-317">China</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy 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id="menu-link-358">Denmark</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99025"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/finland/" id="menu-link-359">Finland</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99026"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/france/" id="menu-link-360">France</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99027"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/georgia/" id="menu-link-361">Georgia</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99028"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/germany/" id="menu-link-362">Germany</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99029"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/greece/" id="menu-link-363">Greece</a></li> <li class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-location menu-item-99030"><a href="https://cpj.org/europe/hungary/" 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<p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-05-06T11:27:30-04:00">May 6, 2022 11:27 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>New York, May 6, 2022 – Oman authorities should drop all charges against journalist Mukhtar al-Hanai and allow the press to work freely and without fear of legal harassment, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday. The public prosecutor’s office in Muscat, the capital, informed al-Hanai, a reporter for the news website Atheer, on March…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2022/05/omani-journalist-mukhtar-al-hanai-charged-over-corruption-coverage/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="157112" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/cases/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid157112" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Case</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2022/01/omani-authorities-suspend-radio-journalist-following-guests-on-air-critical-comments/" title="Omani authorities suspend radio journalist following guest’s on-air critical comments"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/AP_21161511498822.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2022/01/omani-authorities-suspend-radio-journalist-following-guests-on-air-critical-comments/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Omani authorities suspend radio journalist following guest’s on-air critical comments"></a> <h3>Omani authorities suspend radio journalist following guest’s on-air critical comments</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2022-01-13T11:53:41-05:00">January 13, 2022 11:53 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Omani authorities suspended Kholoud al-Alawi, a journalist at privately owned Hala FM, from her work for at least a month in December 2021, according to BBC Arabic and Beirut-based regional human rights organization the Gulf Center for Human Rights. The Ministry of Information informed the radio station by phone of the suspension on December 1,…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2022/01/omani-authorities-suspend-radio-journalist-following-guests-on-air-critical-comments/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="77642" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid77642" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/01/ten-years-after-arab-spring-media-threats-press-freedom-trends/" title="Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here are the top press freedom trends"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/RTX7BJV0.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2021/01/ten-years-after-arab-spring-media-threats-press-freedom-trends/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here are the top press freedom trends"></a> <h3>Ten years after the Arab Spring, the region’s media faces grave threats. Here are the top press freedom trends</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2021-01-21T10:03:08-05:00">January 21, 2021 10:03 AM EST</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>In early February 2011, Alaa Abdelfattah was in Egypt’s Tahrir Square, documenting and participating in the nascent pro-democracy uprising that would topple the government and transform the country and the region. Today, he is in prison on anti-state and false news charges, which his family believes are partly retaliatory for his work. Abdelfattah is one of…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2021/01/ten-years-after-arab-spring-media-threats-press-freedom-trends/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div id="36957" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview full"> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/cases/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid36957" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Case</a> </div> <figure class="cpj--module--media"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2020/03/jordan-oman-morocco-and-yemen-suspend-newspaper-pr/" title="Jordan, Oman, Morocco, and Yemen suspend newspaper production, citing COVID-19 fears"><img width="750" height="480" src="https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ap_morocco_03-25-2020_rs.jpg?w=750&h=480&crop=1" class="attachment-cpj-large-cropped size-cpj-large-cropped wp-post-image" alt="A man reads a newspaper at a stall near the Medina of Rabat, Morocco, on March 16, 2017. Morocco, Yemen, Oman, and Jordan recently ordered newspapers to cease production, citing fears of spreading the COVID-19 virus. (AP/Mosa'ab Elshamy)" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /></a> </figure> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2020/03/jordan-oman-morocco-and-yemen-suspend-newspaper-pr/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Jordan, Oman, Morocco, and Yemen suspend newspaper production, citing COVID-19 fears"></a> <h3>Jordan, Oman, Morocco, and Yemen suspend newspaper production, citing COVID-19 fears</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2020-03-25T13:30:29-04:00">March 25, 2020 1:30 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Beginning on March 17, 2020, authorities in Jordan, Oman, Morocco, and Yemen issued decrees suspending newspaper printing and distribution in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to news reports and government statements.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2020/03/jordan-oman-morocco-and-yemen-suspend-newspaper-pr/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> 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href="https://cpj.org/2016/09/oman-sentences-three-journalists-to-prison/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="29118" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/features-and-analysis/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid29118" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Features & Analysis</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/cpj-joins-call-for-sultan-of-oman-to-end-persecuti/" class="cpj--module--link" title="CPJ joins call for Sultan of Oman to end persecution of Azamn journalists"></a> <h3>CPJ joins call for Sultan of Oman to end persecution of Azamn journalists</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-08-24T09:00:01-04:00">August 24, 2016 9:00 AM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>The Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders today sent a letter to Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, to draw his attention to the prosecution of three journalists from the independent daily newspaper, Azamn.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/cpj-joins-call-for-sultan-of-oman-to-end-persecuti/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="29080" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/cases/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid29080" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Case</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/third-journalist-from-azamn-newspaper-arrested-in/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Third journalist from Azamn newspaper arrested in Oman"></a> <h3>Third journalist from Azamn newspaper arrested in Oman</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-08-10T17:22:17-04:00">August 10, 2016 5:22 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>Omani authorities arrested a third journalist from the independent newspaper Azamn on August 9, 2016, and ordered the paper to cease publishing, according to human rights groups and local news reports.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/third-journalist-from-azamn-newspaper-arrested-in/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="29042" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid29042" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/oman-detains-second-journalist-from-azamn-newspape/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Oman detains second journalist from Azamn newspaper"></a> <h3>Oman detains second journalist from Azamn newspaper</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time 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Zaher al-Abri, an editor, was detained without formal explanation in Muscat on August 3, according to his colleague and a local human rights group. He was arrested the day after speaking with CPJ about the case of Ibrahim al-Maamari,…</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/oman-detains-second-journalist-from-azamn-newspape/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="29024" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid29024" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/omani-journalist-jailed-over-article-on-judiciary/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Omani journalist jailed over article on judiciary"></a> <h3>Omani journalist jailed over article on judiciary</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2016-08-02T17:18:46-04:00">August 2, 2016 5:18 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>New York, August 2, 2016 – An Omani journalist has been jailed for nearly a week under investigation of multiple charges after the daily newspaper Azamn published an article questioning the independence of the judiciary, according to his outlet and human rights groups.</p> </div> <p><a href="https://cpj.org/2016/08/omani-journalist-jailed-over-article-on-judiciary/">Read More &rsaquo;</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <div id="26366" class="cpj--module cpj--module--article-preview "> <div class="cpj--module--header"> <a href="https://cpj.org/news/" id="cpj--module--category--entryid26366" class="btn btn-primary cpj--module--category btn-lg">Alerts</a> </div> <div class="cpj--module--content"> <a href="https://cpj.org/2015/03/omani-blogger-muawiyah-alrawahi-detained-for-more/" class="cpj--module--link" title="Omani blogger Muawiyah Alrawahi detained for more than a month"></a> <h3>Omani blogger Muawiyah Alrawahi detained for more than a month</h3> <p class="cpj--module--content--timestamp"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2015-03-26T14:02:22-04:00">March 26, 2015 2:02 PM EDT</time></p> <div class="article--preview"><p>New York, March 26, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the welfare of Omani blogger Muawiyah Alrawahi, who was detained while attempting to enter the United Arab Emirates by car from Oman. 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