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Trinidad: Police raid newspaper

Police in Trinidad raided the daily newspaper Newsday on 9 February and searched the home of one of its journalists, seizing three computers and two...

Syria: Free expression activists arrested

by Marta Cooper | 16 Feb 12

Activists in Syria have reported that the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression in Damascus was raided today. Between 12 and 14 people...

China: Reporters attacked while covering protest

by Marta Cooper | 16 Feb 12

Journalists from French broadcaster France 24 and the Netherlands Press Association were attacked yesterday in Panhe, Zhejiang province, while...

Bahrain: Hunger strike activist collapses

by Alice Purkiss | 16 Feb 12

Bahraini activist Abdulhadi Alkhawaja collapsed last night while on hunger strike. Alkhawaja, who went on hunger strike ahead of the February 14...

China: More Internet regulation planned

by Marta Cooper | 16 Feb 12

The Chinese government plans to continue censoring social networking sites, the the Communist Party and State Council has said regarding China’s...

Ecuador: Pro-Correa libel verdict upheld

by Marta Cooper | 16 Feb 12

Ecuador's highest court has upheld a criminal libel verdict favouring President Rafael Correa, sentencing three newspaper executives and a columnist...

Syria: Protesters’ text messages blocked using Irish equipment

by Alice Purkiss | 16 Feb 12

The Syrian government has ordered text messages containing politically sensitive words to be blocked. Sources familiar with the country's filtering...

Saudi Arabia: Hamza Kashgari “repents”, family member says

by Marta Cooper | 15 Feb 12

Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has repented for his tweets deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, according to a family member. They said...

Iran: Jailed blogger’s wife and daughter reportedly kidnapped

by Marta Cooper | 15 Feb 12

Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali's wife and daughter have allegedly been kidnapped by security forces and moved to an unknown location, it was...

Afghanistan: Cameraman attacked with acid in Kabul

by Marta Cooper | 15 Feb 12

Parviz Safi, a cameramen for state-owned English-language TV station Press TV, was attacked with acid by three unidentified men on 6 February in the...