A proposal to create a pan-Arab television monitor is a "disturbing" move that could could lead to censorship of broadcasts critical of Arab governments, a media watchdog said on Saturday. The Saudi-Egyptian proposal to establish a regional office to supervise satellite broadcasters is aimed directly at Qatar-based Al-Jazeera, the Palestinian Hamas group's Al-Aqsa TV and Hezbollah's Al-Manar ...

This year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday. A total of 137 journalists and media personnel were killed in 2009, according to the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists. It ...

2009 was one of the most dangerous years on record for journalists, especially those covering wars and elections, including the largest massacre of media workers ever killed in one day, watchdog groups say. Reporters Without Borders said 76 journalists were killed in 2009 — 30 of them ...

This year has been one of the worst on record for the deliberate killing of reporters and media staff, an international journalists' association said Thursday. A total of 137 journalists and media personnel were killed in 2009, according to the Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists. It ...