Chinese rights activist Wang Lihong has been sentenced to nine months in prison for "stirring up trouble". Wang was charged after attending a...
China: Rights activist jailed
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Iran: Filmmaker stopped from boarding flight to film festival
On Monday, Iran prevented filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb from boarding a flight to Paris in order to attend the Toronto film festival, where his...
USA: Donald Trump loses libel lawsuit
A libel lawsuit filed by Donald Trump has been brushed aside by a New Jersey appeals court yesterday. The lawsuit was filed against author Timothy L...
USA: LA Councillor motions for ID requests to buy spray paint
Stores may be required to request ID for those buying spray paint under new motions. LA Councilman Dennis Zine has made calls for a motion which...
Egypt: Authorities freeze new satellite TV station licenses
Military rulers in Egypt have frozen licenses for new private satellite TV stations, claiming they are inciting violence in an “increasingly chaotic...
Indonesia: Radio station manager jailed
A sentence of six months and a suspended sentence of another year in prison were handed down on Tuesday to Gatot Machali, manager of Batam-based...
Twitter joke trial appeal set for 10 November
The appeal of Paul Chambers in the "twitter joke trial" is to take place on 10 November. The trainee accountant from Doncaster who was convicted for...
France: John Galliano found guilty of racist and anti-Semitic abuse
British designer John Galliano has been given a suspended fine for two racist and anti-Semitic abuse rants in a Parisian bar. The former Dior...
DR Congo: TV station set ablaze
Studios of a private television station in Congo were set alight yesterday. Radio Lisanga Télévision studios in Kinshasa were allegedly set on fire...
Ethiopia: Terrorism charges against five journalists
Terrorism charges have been filed against five journalists in Ethiopia. Four independent journalists and the editor of a US based news forum have...
Yemen: Journalists in further attacks
Two Yemeni journalists were attacked by armed men on Monday. Abdul al-Hafeez al-Hatami from news website Al-Sahwa Net and Raafat al-Amiri,...
Turkey: Investigative journalists complete six months in detention before trial
Two Turkish investigative journalists have spent six months in prison before they go to trial. Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener were arrested on 3 March...
