The apartment of Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Matsuka, who is editor-in-chief of the News of Donbass website and the head of a regional public...
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Brazil: Magazine reporter assaulted by interviewee
Rodrigo Rangel, a journalist with Brazilian magazine Veja, was assaulted by his interviewee on the afternoon of 4 August at a restaurant in...
Iran, China, schadenfreude and the London riots
State media in China and Iran have both offered their two cents in response to the riots that have swept the UK over the past three days. A...
Peru: TV news director jailed after denouncing corruption
Peruvian journalist César Gonzáles has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay damages for the crime of "general misrepresentation...
Spain: Journalist among those arrested in anti-austerity protests
Journalist Gorka Ramos was among the four demonstrators arrested for public disorder last Friday when armed riot police clashed with anti-austerity...
Thailand: Blogger detained on lese majeste charge
Norawase Yospiyasathien, a university graduate and blogger, was detained on Friday while police investigate allegations of lese majeste ---...
Ivory Coast: Newspaper suspended for column on Obama meeting
The Ivorian government has suspended a newspaper for twelve days over an opinion piece that criticised a recent White House meeting with African...
Vietnam: Catholic blogger Paulus Le Son arrested
Catholic blogger Paulus Le Son was arrested in Hanoi yesterday during a major police operation targeting around 10 Catholics. Reports suggest Son's...
Sri Lanka: President threatens newspaper chairman by phone
On Tuesday it was reported that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa threatened the chairman of The Sunday Leader, Lal Wickrematunge, by phone on...
Russia: Newspaper issues seized by regional governors
40,000 copies of Izvestia Kaliningrada, a weekly published in Kaliningrad, Russia, were seized by regional governors on 29 July. Its editor was also...
DRC: Radio host suspended by provincial minister
The provincial minister responsible for information and media in Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, has suspended a Mishapi Voice TV radio...
Deadly high speed train crash marks watershed moment for Chinese media
The aftermath of the collision of two high-speed trains near the Chinese city of Wenzhou on 23 July has demonstrated that the limits of free...