The Belarusian authorities have said that the Organisation for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) will be granted access to the investigation into the death of Aleh Byabenin (Oleg Bebenin).
Belarus offers OSCE access to Byabenin investigation
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Pakistan: British journalist freed from Taliban
British journalist working for Channel 4, Asad Qureshi, was freed after being held hostage by the Taliban in Pakistan for five months. Qureshi was filming a documentary about militancy in Pakistan for Channel 4 in North Warizistan before he was...
Bahrain: Blogger Ali Abdulemam arrested
Blogger, author and founder of Bahrain's BahrainOnline forum, Ali Abdulemam was arrested on 4 September by Bahraini authorities for allegedly spreading "false news" on the BahrainOnline.org portal. On the afternoon of 5 September, BahrainOnline was...
UK: 54 per cent rise in privacy cases
Cases involving privacy arguments have risen by 54 per cent in the last year, according to figures released by legal publishers Sweet & Maxwell. Their report revealed that privacy cases were up from 28 in 2009 to 43 in the last twelve months....
Iraq: TV presenter shot dead
Iraqi television presenter, Riad al-Saray was shot today as he was leaving his home in Baghdad by unknown gunmen. He presented religious and political programmes on al-Iraqiya TV. Reporters Without Borders have called the attack a "targeted murder".
Iran: Free speech lawyer arrested
A free speech defender and lawyer who has represented imprisoned journalists, Nasrin Sotoudeh, was arrested on 5 September on charges of anti-government propaganda and conspiring against the regime after responding to a summons from a revolutionary...
Afghanistan: TV journalist stabbed to death
Former TV presenter Sayed Hamid Noori was murderedat his home in Kabul on 5 September. He had been stabbed and his throat had been cut. The motives are unknown but he was an active member of the National Union of Afghan Journalists. Noori was a...
Argentina: Journalist stabbed to death
The director of a news programme for Mundo Villa TV was murdered in Buenos Airies on 4 September. Adam Ledezma was stabbed after he left his house at 4.45 am to help with a neighbour's electricity problem, and was found dead half an hour later. The...
US commanders warn against church’s plans to burn Quran
The US and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned today that a Florida church's plans to burn copies of the Quran on 11 September could endanger troops. The Dove World Outreach Center is encouraging its members to engage in an "International Burn a...
Burundi: Court rules to keep journalist detained
A journalist charged with treason will remain in pre-trial detention, a court ruled on 6 September. Jean-Claude Kavumbagu was arrested on 17 July after he wrote an article about the possibility of Burundi being the target for a terrorist attack....