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Jewish activists set up new West Bank wildcat outpost
- 2008-01-02
JERUSALEM AFP — Right-wing Israeli activists Wednesday placed two mobile homes on Palestinian-owned land in the West Bank, residents said, a move likely to further inflame a row over Jewish settlements. The Israeli activists beat up two Palestinians who attempted to stop the trucks transporting the caravans to the...
Israeli extremists march to set up new outposts in West Bank
- 2007-12-09
MAALE ADUMIM, West Bank AFP — Hundreds of hardline Israeli activists fanned out across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, setting up eight wildcat outposts to protest possible evacuations of Jewish settlements. By sundown at least 300 demonstrators remained in the outposts, but Israeli security forces were expected to...
Palestinian 'settlement' protests Israeli expansion
- 2007-12-08
JERUSALEM AFP — Activists built a mock Palestinian "settlement" in the West Bank on Saturday to protest a potential Israeli expansion there as Israel's housing minister vowed to proceed with a similar project in occupied east Jerusalem. The Palestinian Authority, the United States and the United Nations have warned...
Israeli settlers try to establish new wildcat outposts
- 2007-09-30
HALHUL, West Bank AFP — Hundreds of Israeli settlers and right-wingers set up at four sites throughout the occupied West Bank on Sunday during a Jewish religious holiday, aiming to create new wildcat outposts. Activists had announced last week their intention to set up five new outposts across the...
Egypt arrests activists protesting over 'police torture'
- 2006-06-01
CAIRO AFP — Police briefly detained at least three pro-reform activists who protested outside a Cairo police station against the alleged torture of two fellow activists, witnesses told AFP. "Police freed all the activists after holding them for about an hour," Ahmed Seif al-Islam, director of the Hisham Mubarak...
Uzbek rights activist sentenced to eight years in prison
- 2006-03-07
TASHKENT AFP — A prominent Uzbek human rights activist has been sentenced to eight years in prison for "anti-government activity" and receiving money from Western governments to disrupt public order, rights groups and her lawyer said. Mutabar Tojiboyeva, head of the Ardent Hearts group in the eastern city of...
Israeli soldiers met by rotten eggs and music at Gaza bastion
- 2005-08-18
SHIRAT HAYAM SETTLEMENT, Gaza Strip AFP — Behind locked doors, the residents of Shirat Hayam sought refuge in music as youths who have joined the struggle against expulsion took up defensive positions on rooftops and in sand dunes. The long-awaited entry of hundreds of Israeli soldiers into the most...
Settlers enter Gaza settlements in bid to thwart pullout
- 2005-08-03
OFAKIM, Israel AFP — Right-wing activists said they had managed to slip into the doomed Gaza Strip settlements as part of a bid to disrupt Israel's pullout from the territory, due to begin in two weeks. The main settlers' lobby Yesha, which has been at the vanguard of attempts...
Sharon warns Gaza settlers as pullout protests escalate
- 2005-06-28
JERUSALEM AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon warned hardline opponents of his Gaza pullout plan not to resort to violence against police or soldiers, as activists intensified their protests. "I am especially warning against the attempts by a small minority of law-breakers -- as we saw a few...
Netanyahu heckled by far-right activists: report
- 2005-02-11
JERUSALEM AFP — Israel's Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been heckled and surrounded by extreme-right activists opposed to the planned dismantlement of the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlements. Public radio said the incident happened when Netanyahu was attending an ultra-Orthodox wedding near Tel Aviv and a group of far-right believers...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| David Guiraud | Vice President |
| Claude Perret | Director, HR |
| Denis Hiault | Director, Info |
| Jean-Pierre Vignolle | Director General |
| Jocelyne Bulke | Assistant Director |
| Michel Tourmen | Director, Finance |
| Yves de Saint Jacob | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications |
| Luke Hunt | |
| Michael Mainville | Correspondent |
| Dan Jung | Multimedia Editor |
| Peter Wutherich | Editor |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Pierre Louette | Chairman & CEO |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Chairman & CEO | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, HR | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Info | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director General | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Assistant Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Finance | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Director, Multimedia Business Development & Communications | Current |
Luke Hunt has worked as a journalist for 20 years, primarily with Agence France-Presse, and is a routine contributor to World Politics Review. In addition to covering the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, he has extensive experience in Asia and the Middle East. He served as AFP bureau chief in Phnom Penh and Kabul. Currently based in Hong Kong, Hunt's work has appeared in many international newspapers and on international networks including CNN, the BBC and ABC in his native Australia. He has an academic background in military studies and economics.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Agence France-Presse | Correspondent | Current |
| Global Radio News Ltd. | Current | |
| San Francisco Chronicle | Moscow-Based Freelance Correspondent | Former |
| The Gazette | Reporter | Former |
| The Prague Post | Reporter | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Jung | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Center for Journalists | Master | Current |
| Agence France-Presse | Editor | Current |
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