Lebanese blogger Imad Bazzi was denied entry to Egypt on 5 September, 2011, and sent back to Lebanon. Bazzi, who is also director of CyberACT --- an...
Egypt: Lebanese blogger denied entry to Egypt
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UK: Metropolitan police request riot footage
The Metropolitan Police have served a notice of application for a production order on the Guardian seeking "all published and unpublished footage...
South Africa: Malema found guilty of hate speech
A South African court has today found Julius Malema, leader of the youth brigade of the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), guilty of...
UK: FA introduces “censorship code”
The FA has brought in a code of conduct to prevent staff, board and council members talking freely to the press. The new "censorship code" insists...
Bangladesh: New broadcast law enforcing censorship
Bangladesh's government has passed a new broadcast law which will censor TV programmes and movies. The law, which will go into effect in three...
Germany: Facebook agrees to work with government on privacy code
Facebook has agreed to work with the German government on a code of conduct aimed at privacy protection. The code, agreed at a meeting on Wednesday...
Cameroon: Editor pressured to reveal sources
The editor of the Cameroon-based Génération Libre, François Fogno Fotso, has been detained since 5 September, and is being pressed to reveal sources...
Honduras: Radio journalist murdered
Medardo Flores, a Honduran radio journalist who supported former President Manuel Zelaya, was gunned down on the night of 8 September, joining the...
Iraq: Well-known journalist shot dead at his home
Well known journalist Hadia Al-Mahdi was found dead at his home in Baghdad on 7 September. The body of Al-Mahdi was found in his home in the...
Sudan: Copies of newspaper confiscated
Al-Sahafa, a Sudanese independent newspaper, was confiscated by security forces on Wednesday, and the Thursday edition was also held from...
Afghanistan: BBC stringer killed by US soldier, NATO reveals
A BBC stringer who was killed in Afghanistan in July was shot by a US soldier who mistook him for a suicide bomber during a battle against...
Peru: TV journalist dies after attack by gunman
Television journalist Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva died in hospital yesterday from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack on Tuesday. While riding home...
