Threats to Journalists: Mauritania

  • In July 2009, Hashem Sidi Salem, Alhurra’s correspondent in Mauritania, was covering the Presidential Election when one of the candidates’ bodyguards assaulted him.
  • In May 2009, the Mauritanian police arrested Alhurra’s correspondent in Mauritania, Hashem Sidi Salem, while he was covering a demonstration that was taking place in Nouakchott.
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  • Alhurra correspondent Bashar Fahmi has been missing in Syria for 8 months 28 days.

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