The offices of weekly opposition newspaper Vecherny Krasnokamsk were ravaged in an arson attack on 28 January in the south-west Russian Perm region. The paper's editor Olga Kolokolova has linked the attack to a series of investigative reports...
The offices of an Indian media group have been attacked by a group of right-wing Hindu nationalists in Mumbai. Dozens of supporters of right-wing nationalist group Shiv Sena attacked the building Times of India on Saturday, protesting against a...
The Russian Central Election Committee has refused to register Grigory Yavlinsky --- founder of the Yabloko opposition party --- as a presidential candidate. Yabloko did not reach the seven per cent minimum in the State Duma elections, but...
The prohibition of Hitler’s infamous work is a symbolic measure that has lost all impact, says Daniella Peled
Azerbaijani newspapers Yeni Musavat and Azadliq were fined 2000 manats (1,634 GBP) this week, they had been accused of damaging businessman Anar Mammadovov's honour and business image. Mammadov, the son of Transport Minister Ziya Mammadov, appealed...
Igor Vinyavsky, editor of the Almaty-based independent weekly Vzglyad, was detained on Monday evening in an ongoing crackdown by Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB) on critical media and opposition activists. Two groups of KNB agents...
States urged to heighten sanctions against Europe’s last dictator as opposition leader tells of fears. Michael Harris reports
Three Muslim men have been convicted of inciting hatred on the grounds of sexuality, in the first conviction of its type in the UK. Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed were found guilty of breaching hate crime legislation after handing out a...
Ofcom has revoked the UK licence of Iranian broadcaster Press TV. In December Press TV was fined £100,000 for broadcasting a 2009 interview with journalist and filmmaker Maziar Bahari, who was then being held in Evin Prison. Press TV has failed to...
Two journalists have been arrested in Iran following a new crackdown on journalists and women's rights activists. Blogger and activist Parastou Dokouhaki, was arrested on Sunday, while journalist Marzieh Rasouli was arrested on Tuesday. Dokouhaki,...