On 21 September, an editor at one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers found murdered in his home in Lagos. Bayo Ohu was the associate political editor...
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Nigerian police beat reporter into coma
State security officers in Imo state beat Wale Oluoko, a correspondent for Radio Nigeria, was beaten into a comatose state. Oluoko was apparently...
Cuban jailed for YouTube protest sent to psych ward
A Cuban man imprisoned after a YouTube incident was transferred to a psychiatric ward on 17 September. Juan Carlos González was sentenced to two...
Bloggers’ trial marred by irregularities
The trial of Adnan Hajizada and Emin Milli, the two Azerbaijani bloggers facing charges of “hooliganism” and “deliberate physical violence”, resumed yesterday.
Ai Weiwei undergoes brain surgery after beating
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is reported to have had brain surgery after being beaten by police. Read more here
Syrian authorities raid free expression campaigner’s office
Intelligence officials and police shut down freelance journalist Mazen Darwich’s office and confiscated all of its contents on 13 September. The...
Second UN official expelled from Sri Lanka
Days after the UN chief Ban Ki-Moon condemned the Sri Lankan government’s decision to expel Unicef’s communications officer from the country, new...
Indonesia unhappy over “Balibo 5” inquiry
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has warned that diplomatic ties with Australia "may be harmed" by a war crimes inquiry into the deaths...
El Salvador: suspects arrested in Poveda murder probe
On 10 September four men suspected of killing Franco-Spanish journalist Christian Poveda in El Salvador were arrested. One of suspects is a police...
Portuguese court bans Madeleine McCann book
An account of the investigation into the disappearance Madeleine McCann investigation by a former Portuguese investigator on the case has been...