Archive for April, 2011
Thursday, April 21st, 2011
A leading human rights lawyer who has been critical of the
Chinese government
returned home yesterday (19 April). Jiang Tianyong, disappeared on 19 February whilst visiting his brother in a Beijing suburb. Meanwhile, Liu Xiaoyuan, another rights lawyer who had disappeared last week, was also
released. Liu suggested that his association with Ai Weiwei led to his detention.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
A local city councillor in the
Philippines has brought two criminal defamation charges against a radio journalist. Alberto Loyola
, who works for Radio DxRJ, was
arrested on 18 April and has since been released on bail. Chonilo Ruiz brought the charges after Loyola accused him of lying about the city budget. If convicted Loyola could face up to six years in jail.
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
NMT Medical, the US company which pursued cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst in the London libel courts for almost four years, has announced that it is ceasing operations and selling off its assets. (more…)
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
As a new campaign targets anti-Semitism in football, Brian Glanville asks if getting Tottenham fans to ditch the self-referential “Yid Army” chant will solve anything
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights’s list of cyber activists targeted during Bahrain’s crackdown on protests
Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights List – Cyber Crackdown
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
As Bahraini soldiers — aided by foreign troops — crush protests, youth activist Mohammed Al-Maskati, whose family have been detained, asks the international community to speak out
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
Azerbaijani officials detained three Swedish TV journalists while they were preparing to cover an opposition demonstration in Baku on
17 April. The journalists were subsequently
deported on 18 April. An official at the Interior Ministry commented that the three were deported as they lacked the proper accreditation. However, one of the journalists, My Rohwedder Street, contends that she and her colleagues had not concealed their profession when they applied for visas.
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Tuesday, April 19th, 2011
A freelance journalist in
Angola has been released on bail. Armando José Chicoca was
sentenced to one year in prison on March 3 for reporting on sexual harassment allegations against a top judicial official. Chicoca spent 33 days in prison and posted bail of $2,500.
