The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is to authorize the publication of two newspapers independent of state control in Harare. The privately produced Daily News and Newsday, also publishers of the weekly Zimbabwe Independent and Standard newspapers,...
A journalist working for a newspaper owned by the Islamist opposition politician, Hassan al-Turabi, has been charged with terrorism, espionage and destabilizing the constitutional system following his arrest on 15 May. Al-Turabi and a further three...
Hundreds of activists from the Sindh Nationalists Party launched a sit-in outside the offices of the Daily Jang and Geo News TV channel in Karachi on Sunday evening. After some of the protesters attacked the building, staff and security guards...
Two employees of Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, the country's only gay and lesbian advocacy group, have been arrested after police raided their offices. Ellen Chademana and Ignatius Muhambi were accused of possessing pornographic materials and...
The leader of the People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), an opposition party, has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences following the funeral of party member Sipho Jele. Mario Masuku was arrested after giving a eulogy that...
A high school near the city of Shigatse in Tibet has banned teachers and pupils from having "separatist" ringtones on their mobile phones after they were ruled "unhealthy" by local education officials. A list of 27 popular Tibetan songs was posted...
Quebec's legislature has introduced a bill which could ban woman wearing the niqab face veil if they wish to access public services in the province. Public debate on the controversial Bill 94 has been suspended until August after more than 60...
Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit filed a lawsuit against opposition writer Hamdi Kandil for insult and libel on 19 May. Kandil wrote an opinion piece in Al-Shuruq newspaper, entitled Huan al Watan Wa Huan Almutan (Humiliation of homeland...
Al-Jazeera was suspended from operating in Bahrain on 19 May. The government said the news channel was "flouting the laws regulating the press and publishing" in the country and did not comply with “professional norms.” The bureau's suspension...
On May 12, the Honduran supreme court ratified its earliar decision to dismiss four lower-court judges who are members of Judges for Democracy, a group that has challenged the legality of the coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya last year. Two...