Padraig Reidy: Google stops censoring Chinese searches with Hong Kong shift
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ANC Youth League ‘silencing’ journalists
A prominent South African newspaper has accused the African National Congress Youth League of using intimidation and fear to silence journalists. An editorial in the Business Day claimed that the youth wing of South Africa’s governing party have...
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Further escalation in Sri Lankan press crackdown
Following our report on the Sri Lankan press crackdown, the office of the president has issued a statement on Tuesday denying the existence of the leaked government “hit-list” that contained 35 journalists, lawyers and activists. One of the top...
Human Rights Watch facing Rwanda deportation
The Rwandan director of Human Rights Watch faces deportation from the central African state after her work permit was revoked. Immigration officials claim to have found "anomalies" in Carina Tertsakian’s accreditation documents at a time when...
ANC leader guilty of hate speech
The leader of the youth wing of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been found guilty of hate speech. Julius Malema has been ordered to apologise for remarks he made last year, which suggested that the women who accused...
Two journalists arrested in Somalia
Two journalists have been detained in southern Somalia by the Islamist group al-Shabaab. Mohammed Salad Abdulle of the Somali Broadcasting Corporation was arrested in Kismayo, while Mohamed Abdikarim was imprisoned in Baladhawo on 16 March....
Azerbaijan: Editor Eynulla Fatullayev loses appeal
Imprisoned newspaper editor Eynulla Fatullayev has lost an appeal against his drugs conviction. Baku Appellate Court dismissed Fatullayev's plea to have his sentence reduced by two months. Fatullayev had the term of his detention prolonged by eight...