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ElBaradei supporters deported from Kuwait
At least 21 Egyptian expatriates have been arrested and deported from Kuwait for supporting Mohamed ElBaradei. The former head of the International...
Gambian political figure jailed for ‘unlawful assembly’
A prominent member of Gambia’s main opposition party has been sentenced to a year of hard labour on charges of “unlawful assembly”. The Media...
Ulster: true voice or election gag?
Padraig Reidy: Libel takes centre stage in Northern Ireland election battle
Iraq: Car-bomb targets journalist
The head of public relations at Iraq's Al-Rasheed satellite TV station was injured by a car-bomb on 13 April, which took both of his legs and...
Tunisian journalists attacked and threatened
Two journalists in Tunisia have been targets of harassment and violence this month by unknown assailants. Mouldi Zouabi, a journalist for Radio...
Israel: Shops bans controversial pamphlet
After immense pressure from the right-wing on Sunday, the Israeli bookstore chain Tzomet Sfarim has stopped selling a leftist political manifesto...
Theatre: From Behud to Behzti
Julia Farrington: From Behud to Behzti
Iraq government forced to suspend broadcast restrictions
Human Rights Watch called on the Iraqi government to suspend its media regulations. The regulations, which impose tight restrictions on the...
Two Tibetan writers arrested in China
Two Tibetan students studying at the Northwest National Minorities’ University in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, were arrested by Chinese authorities last...
Japanese cameraman fatally shot in Bangkok
A Japanese cameraman for Reuters, Hiro Muramoto, was fatally shot in the chest whilst covering protests in Bangkok on 10 April. It is not apparent...
Spain: Basque journalists acquitted of belonging to ETA
The Spanish National Court has acquitted five executives of a now-defunct Basque-language newspaper, including its former editor-in-chief Martxelo...
