Spotlight: Qatar
Censorship
Qatari authorities arbitrarily close Doha Centre for Media Freedom
GCHR believes that Qatari authorities have been threatened by the existence of a center that defends media freedom.
Spotlight: Qatar
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Qatar
Free Expression & the Law
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Qatar renews travel ban imposed on prominent human rights lawyer Najeeb Al-Nuaimi
Al-Nuaimi is a well-known human rights lawyer who voluntarily defended prisoners of conscience in Qatar, including poet Mohamed Rashid Al-Ajami.
Qatar
Digital Rights
Censorship
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Qatar's crisis is about freedom of expression
The singling out of Qatar has as much to do with alleged support of terrorism as it does with a desire to shutter Al Jazeera.
Qatar
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Qatar blocks prominent Doha News
Qatar's leading English independent news publication reports that its Qatar readers can no longer access its site, a development that could prove to be a fatal blow to free expression in the Gulf nation.
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Danish television crew detained by Qatari authorities
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Civil society to Obama: Live up to your 2011 promises, support reform in the Gulf
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Qatari poet Mohammed Ibn al-Dheeb al-'Ajami released
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UN experts call for release of Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami
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Free Expression & the Law
21 October 2015
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Condemn the 15-year sentence of Qatari poet Mohammed al-Ajami
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Qatar detains international journalists for the second time this year
Committee to Protect Journalists
Qatar
Free Expression & the Law
20 May 2015
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Qatar detains German reporters investigating workers' conditions in lead-up to 2022 World Cup
Reporters Without Borders
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Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
6 May 2015
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New cybercrime law could have serious consequences for press freedom in Qatar
Committee to Protect Journalists
Qatar
Digital Rights
19 September 2014
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British-Nepali journalist and activist team detained in Qatar
International Federation of Journalists
Qatar
Free Expression & the Law
8 September 2014
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Qatar bills itself as a “bastion of free speech”
Index on Censorship
Qatar
Free Expression & the Law
24 March 2014
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Economic progress in Qatar fuelled by totalitarian repression
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Qatar
Freedom of Assembly
Free Expression & the Law
30 January 2014
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Qatar urged to reconsider repressive cybercrime bill
Committee to Protect Journalists
Qatar
Digital Rights
31 May 2013
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Qatari poet's life sentence reduced to 15 years
PEN International
Qatar
Free Expression & the Law
27 February 2013
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Qatari poet sentenced to life in prison
Human Rights Watch
Qatar
Free Expression & the Law
3 December 2012
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Qatar's draft media law penalises criticism of rulers
Human Rights Watch
Qatar
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
30 October 2012
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Twelve Egyptian citizens detained
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
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Two Swiss journalists prevented from leaving the country for 13 days
Committee to Protect Journalists
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Blogger and human rights activist arrested
Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
Qatar
Digital Rights
Free Expression & the Law
7 March 2011
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Ménard calls it quits at Doha Centre
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Doha Centre journalist prevented from leaving the country
Reporters Without Borders
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Journalist sentenced in absentia to three years' imprisonment for article critical of public hospital
Reporters Without Borders
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Annual Report 2008: The Gulf states
Reporters Without Borders
Qatar
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Saudi Arabia
Bahrain
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Freedom of the Press 2007: Qatar
Freedom House
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Government pardons and releases Jordanian journalist who was earlier sentenced to death
International Federation of Journalists
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Death sentence against Jordanian journalist upheld
Committee to Protect Journalists
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Journalist faces death sentence
International Federation of Journalists
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