A cameraman has been attacked and beaten by police in Pakistan, after filming violent clashes during a protest in Lahore. According to colleagues Farrukh Asif, who works for the Urdu language station Express News, was approached by police officers...
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Rwanda: Editor murdered outside his house
Jean Leonard Rugambage, the acting editor of independent newspaper Umuvugizi, was shot dead outside his home in Kigali on 24 June. Local authorities recently suspended the paper but it continued to publish online. Exiled chief editor Jean Bosco...
Google adopt “new approach” in Chinese censorship battle
Google is to adopt a ‘new approach’ in China after officials threatened to revoke its Internet Content Provider (ICP) licence. In January, the internet giant declared that it would no longer censor search engine results as required by Chinese law...
Indonesia: Pop star charged for sex tape
Police have charged pop star Azril “Ariel” Irham with pornography offences for allegedly participating in home made sex tapes with two other Indonesian celebrities. The videos came to light after they were leaked on social networking sites Twitter...
Pakistan: Leak reveals plans to control internet content
A leaked confidential document reveals that authorities are planning strict measures to control internet content. The guidelines, obtained by Association for Progressive Communication member, Bytes for All, propose laws allowing officials to block...
General’s team tried to have Rolling Stone profile censored
The author of the article which caused the resignation of the US commander of military operations in Afghanistan claims that members of General Stanley McChrystal's inner-circle tried to pressure him into censoring specific statements made by the...
Ethiopia: US journalist expelled
Heather Murdock, a US journalist, has been expelled from Ethiopia. Local reports suggest her work as an investigative journalist in the restive Ogaden province was the reason for her expulsion. There have been a number of recent skirmishes...
India: Documentary banned for depicting insurgency
New Delhi's Central Board of Film Classification has refused to certify the documentary Flames of the Snow. The body stated that any film which romanticises and promotes the violence of the Maoist groups in Nepal is inappropriate viewing for the...
Vietnam: BBC and Facebook partially blocked
The BBC and Facebook websites have been partially blocked. The news comes just a month after the authorities began installing tracking software on publicly accessible computers in Vietnam. The software is designed to track user's activity for 30...
Israel: Director to appeal banning of spy documentary
Nir Toib, director of a banned film which exposed an espionage scandal within the Israel Defense Forces[IDF], is to appeal the documentary film's banning at the Supreme Court. The Secret Kingdom features interviews with Brigadier General Yitzhak...