Interview: Malalai Joya
Despite being banned from the Afghan parliament, Malalai Joya continues to speak out against corruption and injustice. She talks to Elisabeth Eide about the struggle to be heard in Afghanistan
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High court denounces press censorship in Honduras
Catalina Botero, of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has reported receiving 12 complaints of media shut-downs and information about at least 25 journalists currently at risk. “Public media outlets which had favored president Zelaya were taken over, and the workers were fired,” she added. Read more here
Dutch journalist wins phone-tap law suit
A Dutch court has determined that phone-taps carried out by the secret service (AIVD) on journalists at newspaper De Telegraaf were illegal and must stop immediately. Furthermore, any information gathered by AIVD cannot be submitted as evidence in an ongoing investigation into from whom journalist Jolande van der Graaf received classified government information for an article she wrote in March. Read more here
Egyptian thinker threatened by Islamic extremists
Egyptian author and thinker Sayed Al-Qimni has been threatened and denounced as an apostate by Islamic organisations including Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya and the Muslim Brotherhood Since receiving the State Award of Merit in Social Sciences from the Egyptian government for his work. Read more here