BBC Monitoring Azeri, Iranian leaders discuss developing ties at Caspian summit Text of report by Azerbaijani news agency Trend Baku, 16 October: "The interests and security of Azerbaijan and Iran are interrelated," Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad said at a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Tehran on Tuesday …

BBC Monitoring Doha Al-Jazeera Satellite Channel in Arabic at 1830 gmt on 13 October carries a new episode of its daily "Behind the news" talk show, moderated by anchorman Muhammad Kurayshan. Today's episode hosts Majdi al-Daqqaq, chief editor of the Egyptian Al-Hilal magazine and member of the Education Secretariat in …

BBC Monitoring Analysis by Dina Abu-Ghazalah and Muhammad Shukri of BBC Monitoring on 15 October Overview On 13 September, an Egyptian court handed down a one-year prison sentence and a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds (approx 3,607 US dollars) to four editors-in-chief of independent newspapers on charges of slandering state …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Social Desk headlined "Iran's first internet radio will start operation on 1 Azar" published by Iranian newspaper Iran website on 11 October The first internet radio station in the country, under the name of Iran Seda [Iran Voice], will launch on 1 Azar this …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) website Press TV's correspondent in Kabul was arrested by US and Afghan security forces on Sunday [7 October] evening whilst on his way home from work. He was detained for 18 hours. According to ISNA, after his arrest, Faez …

BBC Monitoring Text of report by London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi website on 1 October [Commentary by Madawi al-Rashid, "A writer and academic from the Arabian peninsula: absent links within the call to flog society"] It is very nice when a Saudi intellectual awakes and mounts the back of the steed …

IFEX COMMUNIQUÉ VOL 16 NO 41 | 9 OCTOBER 2007 The Internet has not yet become an effective tool for human rights in the Arab world, says a recent study by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo).   The 215-page study, "Electronic Media and Human Rights", is the first …

BBC Monitoring Excerpt from report by Muslim Brotherhood website Ikhwanonline on 8 October [Text of interview with editor-in-chief of Al-Dustur newspaper Ibrahim Isa, by Ahmad Ramadan of Ikhwanonline; in Cairo, date not given] [Ramadan] Don't you believe that the sentence issued against Al-Huwwari and then your referral to the state …

BBC Monitoring Text of report in English by Egyptian news agency MENA Cairo, 7 October: Mustafa al-Bakri, the editor-in-chief of Al-Usbu newspaper, on Sunday [7 October] tendered his resignation from membership of the dialogue committee formed by the Press Syndicate to negotiate with state institutions on imprisonment sentences issued against …

BBC Monitoring By Saeed Barzin of BBC Monitoring on 7 October Iran's radio and television channels have on several occasions "censored" President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad's comments about the country's nuclear dossier, a pro-government website reported on 6 September. Rajanews.com said the state-controlled radio and television did not broadcast parts of the …