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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 471

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File: Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul outside the home of Economy Minister Nir Barkat in Jerusalem, on March 6, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 11, 2023, 6:19 pm
DC think tank lists Israel as only free Mideast nation, but warns of legal shakeup
Freedom House survey of 210 countries and territories gives Israel 77 out of 100 points; says ‘democratic trajectory’ changing amid coalition plans to weaken judiciary
By ToI Staff
Hungary's Prime Minister Victor Orban speaks at a press conference at the end of a European People's Party (EPP) meeting at the European Parliament in Brussels on March 20, 2019. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)
May 6, 2020, 5:06 pm
Hungary no longer a democracy, rights watchdog says
Freedom House cites crackdown on press, new bill allowing Prime Minister Orban to rule by decree, as examples of erosion of democratic norms in the Central European nation
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Knesset Finance Committee chair MK Moshe Gafni. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 17, 2018, 12:49 pm
Moscow protests ultra-Orthodox MK’s anti-Russia sneer
After Moshe Gafni fumed that Israel ‘is turning into Russia,’ country’s embassy decries ‘longstanding Russophobic propaganda’
By Raphael Ahren
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, waves to supporters during a rally in Istanbul, Friday, Dec. 15, 2017. (Kayhan Ozer/Pool Photo via AP)
January 17, 2018, 1:07 am
Global survey finds Turkey is no longer a free country
Blaming Trump, think tank warns world democracy in crisis in annual freedom report; Israel only free nation in Mideast, but also takes downturn on civil liberties
By Raoul Wootliff
Bezalel Academy of Art students protest against what they see as curbs on freedom of speech, December 14, 2016. (Screen capture, Bezalel Academy facebook page)
February 1, 2017, 10:00 pm
DC think tank ranks Israel 45th most free country in world
Freedom House survey of 195 countries gives Israel 80 out of maximum of 100 points; West Bank scores 28, Gaza just 12
By Sue Surkes
An Israel Hayom deliveryman hands out free copies to passersby in Jerusalem. (photo credit: Flash90)
August 29, 2016, 6:55 pm
Pro-Netanyahu paper puts TV writer’s Hitler joke on its front page
Israel Hayom says Ruth Elbaz’s Facebook post poking fun at the PM’s recent press briefings is ‘the height of incitement’
By Tamar Pileggi
Iranian journalists follow the country's parliamentary runoff elections at the Interior Ministry in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 29, 2016 (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
July 3, 2016, 2:31 am
Anonymous SMS threatens hundreds of journalists in Iran
As many as 700 media employees and public figures receive message warning them to cease contact with ‘hostile elements’ abroad
By AFP
Foreign journalists cover clashes between Israelis and Palestinians in 2000. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 27, 2016, 4:54 pm
Media watchdog downgrades Israeli press to ‘partly free’
Freedom House cites as reasons for decline the detrimental influence of pro-Netanyahu tabloid Israel Hayom, expansion of paid content
By ToI Staff
Turkish riot police clash with supporters at Zaman daily newspaper headquarters in Istanbul on March 5, 2016, a day after an Istanbul court ordered the publication into administration amid growing alarm over freedom of expression in the country. (AFP/OZAN KOSE)
March 5, 2016, 7:57 am
Turkey’s main anti-Erdogan paper closed down
International criticism as Zaman, the country’s largest daily, is shuttered for ‘plotting to overthrow the government’
By Suzan Fraser
Illustrative: Iranians walking through Tehran’s old main bazaar, March 18, 2014. (JTA/Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Images)
November 3, 2015, 8:31 pm
5 Iranian journalists detained in ongoing crackdown
Two of those detained are affiliated with reformist politicians; Iran heads to parliamentary elections in February
By AP
Faisal bin Hassan Trad (left), Saudi Arabian ambassador to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), presents his credentials to Michael Møller, acting director-general of UNOG on January 7, 2014. (UN/Pierre Albouy)
September 20, 2015, 10:15 pm
Saudi UN envoy to remain head of influential human rights panel
Faisal bin Hassan Trad keeps key post despite international outrage; UN Watch calls decision ‘scandalous’
By ToI Staff
April 30, 2015, 7:55 am
Iran ranks among worst countries for press freedom
Report shows uptick in threats facing journalists in 2014 as terrorists, governments target reporters; Israel retains its status as only Middle East country with ‘free’ media
By ToI Staff and AP
Riot police detain a protester as they use water cannons and teargas to disperse people who were protesting the Soma mine accident that killed 301 miners, in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 17, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo)
May 23, 2014, 11:45 am
ADL blasts Turkish press, politicians for ‘Jewish conspiracy’ claims
Article in Turkish daily made connection between Jews, Soma mining accident which killed hundreds
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the parliamentary group meeting of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) on May 13, 2014, in Ankara. (photo credit: AFP/STR)
May 13, 2014, 6:39 pm
Erdogan: Turkey’s press more free than Israel’s
Turkish PM denies Ankara limiting journalistic freedom; says daily headlines ‘systematically insult government’
By AFP
Illustrative: Reporters and photographers during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem in 2011. (photo credit: Mark Israel Sellem/Flash90)
May 1, 2014, 5:14 pm
Israeli press back to being ‘free,’ watchdog says
After 2013 demotion, new report marks Israel as only Mideast country with no major media restrictions; Iran one of world’s 8 worst
By Marissa Newman
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