
TEL AVIV – Egypt is second only to China as the world’s worst jailer of journalists, according to a new report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. “Perhaps nowhere has the climate for the press deteriorated more rapidly than
by Deborah Danan16 Dec 2015, 5:05 AM PST0

China’s Communist Party People’s Congress recently passed a sweeping national-security law that directs the People’s Liberation Army to expand the military’s offshore presence to protect China’s “overseas interests” and to support counterterrorism at home, according to Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency.
by Chriss W. Street3 Jul 2015, 5:24 AM PST0