A witness in the case of missing journalist Vasyl Klymentyev has also gone missing. According to deputy editor Petro Matvienko, the key witness disappeared last week. He refused to reveal the person's name for fear of jeopardising the...
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Malaysia: Editor and blogger charged for “indecent” online content
Irwan Abdul Rahman, a Malaysian editor and blogger known as "Hassan Skodeng" was charged on 2 September 2010 with publishing false information on his satirical blog. He was accused of publishing online content deemed "obscene, indecent, false,...
US: Craigslist “adult” adverts censored
Classified ad site Craigslist has closed its "Adult Services" section, after a campaign by 17 states to have it removed. Attorneys general from Montana to Virginia wrote a letter to Craigslist chief executive Jim Buckmaster last month, urging him...
USA: Bill would force media to delete stories about convicts
Senators in Ohio have introduced a bill which would force media organisations to remove stories about former convicts from the Internet. The new law would allow non-violent criminals with multiple convictions to have records of their offenses...
Russia: Police raid opposition magazine
Armed police raided the offices of opposition magazine the New Times on 2 September. The magazine's editor Yevgenia Albats was repeatedly asked to hand over interview recordings that were used in a report on alleged abuses of power by OMON riot...
Mexico and Colombia: Drug trafficking reporting targeted
In Mexico's northeastern state of Sinaloa, the Noreste newspaper issued a statement saying that its facilities were the target of an armed attack on 1 September 2010. The attack took place after a reporter received a threatening phone call from...
UK: Third footballer gains injunction
The High Court has granted another injunction to an England footballer to prevent the media reporting aspects of his private life. The order banned the publication of allegations about a "sexual liaison, encounter or relationship", after personal...
Indonesia: Journalist killed covering riot
A journalist was killed on 21 August while covering clashes between two villages in one of Indonesia’s southern islands. Police watched the attack but did nothing to intervene. According to International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX),...
Zimbabwe: Government bans “offensive” paintings
The government has banned the works of prominent artist Owen Maseko which depict 1980s atrocities committed by a Zimbabwean army unit. An estimated 20,000 civilians, mostly supporters of opposition movement the Zimbabwe African People's Union...
Pakistan: Reporter assaulted after covering mob murders
A reporter for Dunya News was assaulted outside his residence on 29 August and has received death threats after he filmed two brothers being lynched by a mob in Sailkot earlier in the month. Hafiz Imran was reportedly pushed against a wall by...