Maung Maung Zeya, a senior photo and video journalist for the Democratic Voice of Burma has been sentenced to 13 years in prison. He had led a team...
Burma: Senior reporter jailed for 13 years
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Hungary’s leading daily newspaper challenges media law
Hungary's largest circulation daily newspaper, Nepszabadsag, is challenging the controversial new media law in the country's Constitutional Court....
Ivory Coast: Death threats to journalists
Two reporters have received death threats from people believed to be members of pro-Gbago militias, while one was threatened for being pro-Gbago....
Circumventing censorship via small media
Amidst the hype over “Twitter revolutions”, have we forgotten the crucial role played by small media? To examine these crucial organising tools, the Small Media Initiative is partnering with Index on Censorship to create the Small Media Symposium 2011. Klara Chlupata reports
Bulletstorm game censored in Germany
Video game Bulletstorm will be released in heavily-censored form in Germany. Regulators will remove several features from the full version,...
Syria unblocks Facebook and Youtube
Syria has restored access to video sharing website youtube and social networking website facebook. Access to youtube had been blocked in August 2007...
Venezuelan journalist prosecuted for criminal libel
Journalist Gustavo Azócar is being prosecuted again on the charge of libelling an army officer in 2004. This comes as part of a series of actions...
Iran: Journalist sentenced to four years in prison and 60 lashes
Iranian journalist Siamak Qaderi was sentenced to four years in prison and 60 lashes on 21 January. Qaderi, a blogger, was charged disseminating of...
Expelling journalists: a long-established FSB policy
Russia’s expulsion of the Guardian’s Luke Harding is part of a policy of attempting to control reportage, say Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan
Egypt: New accreditation rules for journalist
Egyptian authorities have started confiscating existing press cards from journalists and asking them to contact the Ministry of Information to...