Journalist and son arrested for taking photos in Burma

22 Apr 2010 | Index Index, minipost, Uncategorized

Journalist and artist, Maung Zeya, and his son were arrested in Burma on 17 April. Its believed they are being held for taking photos of the sites where last weeks deadly bombings occurred near Rangoon.  Zeya’s son took photos of three locations where bombs would explode two days later. The Burmese authorities have blamed the attacks on opposition groups. At least nine people died in the bombings during the water festival celebrating the Lunar New Year and another 75 were wounded.

Israel: Shops bans controversial pamphlet

14 Apr 2010 | Index Index, Middle East and North Africa, minipost, Uncategorized

After immense pressure from the right-wing on Sunday, the Israeli bookstore chain Tzomet Sfarim has stopped selling a leftist political manifesto heavily critical of the settler movement. In The National Left, the authors call settlers “messianic madmen” and brainwashed “zombies”. The company claims they pulled the book not for political reasons, but because it “hurts the feelings of some of our customers”.

Meanwhile cameraman and AFP correspondent Hazem Bader was arrested by Israeli forces in Hebron after he refused to stop filming a protest. Fifteen protesters were also arrested for not leaving the closed military area. Bader was detained for three hours then released after AFP intervened.