Three journalists from TV station Canal 9 in Paraguay, and the ex-director of the National Television System, Ismael Hadid, are on trial for...
Paraguay: Journalists on trial for libel and defamation
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China: Online censors delete family’s plea for justice
Blog posts of family members asking for justice following their relative’s suspicious death in police custody have been deleted by Chinese censors,...
A former police officer detained for murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Russian investigators have detained a former lieutenant police colonel as a suspect in the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The...
Cambodia: Environmental activists detained
Police detained over 100 villagers in Phnom Penh last week for distributing environmental fliers used to raise awareness of deforestation and...
Ecuador: Journalist facing jail presents video evidence against president
Columnist Emilio Palacio, who was last month sentenced to three years in prison and fined 40 million USD for calling Ecuadorian President Rafael...
Vietnam: Eight protesters still held after anti-China rally
Eight anti-China demonstrators in Hanoi who ignored government orders to end a series of protests remain in custody for investigation into causing...
Uzbekistan: Journalist detained at airport
Uzbek journalist Elena Bondar was detained at the arrivals area of Tashkent airport after attending a course on modern journalism tools organised by...
China: Online commerce site bans sale of web filtering software
A major Chinese online commerce site, Taobao.com, has banned sales of software used to bypass internet censorship. The site said it took the action...
Yemen: Attacks on journalists continue
Suhail TV cameraman Ahmad Firas was arrested by soldiers from Daylami airbase in Yemen on the afternoon of 12 August as he was driving towards Sanaa...
Vietnam: Pro-democracy website hacked
Hackers launched a sustained attack against pro-democracy website Viet Tan on 13 August in a denial-of-service (DDoS) operation. Of the 77,000 IP...
Venezuela: Newspaper reporter beaten by police
A journalist with newspaper El Mío, was beaten and then detained as he left the newspapers premises in Anzoátegui, northeastern Venezuela. Óscar...
China: Magazine president removed from post
In addition to last week’s suspension of Zhao Lingmin, editor of Guangzhou-based news and current affairs magazine Window on the South, the...
