As protests against rising food and living costs continue in Khartoum, six journalists and two media staff have been detained by authorities and one student has died of injuries sustained during clash with police. Mohammed Abdulrahman of Ahlia...
The KGB have released journalists Irina Khalip and Charter 97's Natalia Radzina but have placed serious restrictions on their movement and activities. Radina has been forced to leave Minsk to the western town of Kobrin and remain there until her...
The Iranian judiciary has sentenced Kaveh Kermanshahi, a member of the Kurdish Human Rights Organisation to five years in prison for "actions against national security" and propaganda against the regime. Blogger Navid Khanjani convicted on the same...
As protests in Egypt continue into their seventh day and police return to the streets, at least six journalists were arrested in Cairo earlier today. They were released after about three hours later, amidst unconfirmed reports that the United...
Read Index on Censorship’s Ashraf Khalil‘s exclusive report from Friday’s anti-government protests in the Egyptian capital
Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko is facing a fresh ban from travelling to the European Union after the brutal crackdown on opposition in the wake of December's election. Read more here
Gerardo “Gerry” Ortega, a broadcaster with Radio Mindanao Network was shot dead on Monday 24 January in Puerto Princesa city. His lawyer has claimed that his murder was related to his work. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 99...
The editor of Waheen daily newspaper has been sentenced to three years in prison on charges of defamation and spreading false news. Mohamud Abdi Jama will also have to pay a US$900 fine, the charges stem from an article in which he accused a police...
A number of protesters have been injured during clashes with the police in a pro-democracy rally held in Algiers. The rally was held in protest to a new law that banned public gatherings. Protests to rising costs and unemployment started in Algeria...
Two more independent journalists were detained for alleged participation in the protests following the disputed election. Boris Goretsky of Poland based Radio Racyja and Yevgeny Vaskovich of Bobruisky Kunyer were detained by KGB authorities on...