British broadcasters have not changed their plans for covering the Afghan election after the country's government ordered media organisations not to report on any violence during the polls. The BBC said it would proceed with its plans for covering...
The six Gambian journalists whom were recently imprisoned will be launching an appeal against their two-year sentences and heavy fines, on the grounds that the convictions were unconstitutional. Hearing is most likely to begin in October as the...
Anna Politkovskaya’s family is to appeal against a judge’s rejection of its request for the case against three alleged accomplices to be sent back to the prosecutor’s office for further investigation in conjunction with the investigation into all...
The Hamas interior ministry has denied Palestinian and foreign journalists access to the southern city of Rafah and to all hospitals in the Gaza Strip until further notice. The ban was issued after fighting broke out in Rafah between the Hamas...
Leading Chinese Human Rights lawyer Xhu Zhihong has been formally arrested and faces up to seven years imprisonment on a charge of tax evasion. Zhihong is co-founder of Gongmeng (Open Constitution Initiative) which has taken on some of the most...
Oyazimhon Hidirova, chairman of the Arnasai Branch of the International Human Rights Society of Uzbekistan was arrested on preliminary charges of hooliganism, fraud and tax evasion. Human Rights Watch and others are concerned that Hidirova's arrest...
Akhmed Gisayev, a Memorial employee who had been working with Natalia Estemirova to investigate a sensitive human rights case in the days before her murder in July has experienced a series of menacing events in the past days and weeks. Gisayev, who...
Afghanistan has ordered all journalists not to report incidents of violence during tomorrow's presidential election amid fears that such coverage will deter people from voting. Two decrees were issued, one from the foreign ministry banning all...
The Lashkar-e-Taiba has enforced a new diktat in parts of Jammu and Kashmir to forbid watching television. The Lashkar terrorists operating in Banihal heights have imposed a ban on watching TV, terming it an "unislamic" activity. There has been a...
An exhibition in the art district Dashanzi, Beijing has withdrawn performance pieces based on the Sichuan Earthquake. Zhu Qi, the artistic director of 798 Biennale has deemed the works too "controversial’" due to their sensitive subject matter....