The Brazilian Superior Court of Justice this week sentenced J.L. Editora, publisher of the newspaper Folha do Espirito Santo, and journalists...
Brazil: Publisher and journalists to pay 170,000 USD for criticising judge
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Syria: Famous cartoonist attacked
Syrian political cartoonist Ali Farzat was abducted for several hours yesterday while driving home from his office in Damascus. The masked members...
Cambodia: Land rights group suspended
The Cambodian government this month suspended land rights group Sahmakum Teang Tnaut (STT), which had been critical of government-backed evictions...
Philippines: Radio commentator fatally shot
Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot radio commentator Niel Jimena, 42, on Monday night near his home in the Negros Island town of E.B. Magalona,...
Turkey: Police raid TV station and newspaper, detain journalists
On 18 August, police in Istanbul raided the office of newspaper Aydinlik, as well as Ulusal Kanal television station. Officials detained five...
Palestine: Jenin Freedom Theatre faces another attack
The Freedom Theatre in Jenin's refugee camp came under attack by the the Israel Defence Force in the early morning of 22 August. Having been...
Sudan: Copies of newspapers confiscated
Between 20 and 23 August, Al-Jaridah, a Khartoum-based Arabic daily newspaper, had issues confiscated by members of Sudan's National Intelligence...
Tajikistan: BBC reporter claims he was tortured
A BBC World Service reporter who was arrested in Tajikistan this summer has said he was burned with lit cigarettes and beaten while detained....
Palestine: Two journalists arrested by Israeli forces
On August 21, two Palestinian journalists, Usaid Abd Al Majid Amarana, of Al-Aqsa TV, and Amar Abu Urfa, a reporter for Shahab news agency, were...
Kashmir: Two photojournalists beaten and detained during protests
On August 19, two photojournalists, Narciso Contreras and Showkat Shafi, said they were beaten by police and detained for several hours while...
China: Top official issues warning to web portal
Bucking a trend of official anxiety over the explosive growth of microblogs in the country, Beijing's Communist Party Chief urged China's internet...
Venezuela: Satirical magazine censored
A court in Caracas has issued a temporary injunction to prohibit the publication and circulation of satirical magazine 6to Poder after it published...
