A Caracas court ordered the arrests of two people allegedly involved in the attacks last week that left 12 journalists hurt when they were demonstrating in favor of freedom of expression. All of the journalists who were handing out leaflets to...
The authorities have shut down the newspaper of the reformist cleric Mehdi Karroubi, left, who angered Iran’s senior leaders by publicising claims that protesters arrested after the disputed June elections were raped in prison. The newspaper,...
Forty-three Azerbaijani music fans who voted for neighbouring Armenia in this year's Eurovision song contest have been detained and questioned about their "ethnic pride". Azerbaijan's national security ministry has allegedly spoken to each of the...
The Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to cut off voters' fingers and attack polling stations in its bid to force Afghans to boycott the presidential elections. One of the so-called "night letters", pinned up around villages in southern...
A judge handed down a 31-year prison term to a police officer turned vigilante who abducted and tortured three journalists working for O Dia newspaper, a verdict the Brazilian newspaper described Thursday as “historic.” Former police inspector...
TV journalist Siddique Bacha Khan has been shot dead in the city of Mardan in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province. Unidentified gunmen ambushed Bacha Khan, news correspondent for the independent Aaj TV channel, and shot him at close...
Rosa Malsagova, editor-in-chief of the website Ingushetiya.org , has decided to leave her post because of "threats made to her by militants". This followed an item entitled "Mujahedeen Address to Rosa Malsagova," which was recently published on a...
Australia has announced plans to amend its anti-terrorism legislation to give more power to the police. Australia has gradually extended laws on detaining and interrogating terrorism suspects since 2001. There are plans to broaden the definition of...
Iran has freed on bail a 24-year-old French university lecturer who was charged with spying after last month's presidential election. A statement from the French presidency said Clotilde Reiss was in good health and would stay at the French embassy...
The U.S. government is covertly testing technology in China and Iran that lets residents break through screens set up by their governments to limit access to news on the Internet. The "feed over email" (FOE) system delivers news, podcasts and data...