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Iran goes after lawyers, Bahraini and Emirati activists' sentences upheld, Syrian activists remembered (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 4, 2019

MENA in December: Appeals of Nabeel Rajab and Ahmed Mansoor rejected; UN Working Group recognises two Egyptian journalists as arbitrarily detained; Iran continues crackdown on lawyers; Report reveals Lebanese media concentration; Iraq urged to reopen probe into Kurdish editor's murder, and more.
Source: MEDIA FEED

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