Category: <span>Index Index</span>

Bahrain: Human rights website blocked

Bahraini authorities have blocked access to the website of the Bahrain Justice and Development Movement, a London-based group consisting mainly of...

Tunisia: Radio station attacked

by Marta Cooper | 22 Aug 11

Radio Gafsa, a radio station located in the southern Tunisian city of Gafsa, was attacked by a group of 20 men on 2 August. They reportedly...

Palestine: Satirical TV show censored

by Marta Cooper | 19 Aug 11

The Palestinian attorney general has ordered a nightly satirical television show to be axed, following complaints from public servants and officials...

Burma: State newspapers drop slogans attacking BBC, VOA

by Marta Cooper | 19 Aug 11

In what has been seen to signal a further softening of the military government's stance, three Burmese state newspapers on Wednesday dropped...

Poland: Metal singer cleared over Bible-ripping performance

by Marta Cooper | 19 Aug 11

A Polish judge has found a death metal singer not guilty of offending religious feeling, ruling that his act of ripping up a Bible during a show was...

India: Right to information activist murdered

by Marta Cooper | 18 Aug 11

Shehla Masood, a freedom of information activist and blogger, was murdered yesterday in the city of Bhopal. The 39-year-old was shot in the neck as...

Syria: Attacks on journalists continue

by Marta Cooper | 18 Aug 11

Members of security forces attacked the Damascus home of the family of Moussa Al-Omar, a journalist based in London on 11 August. A host for...

Belarus: Released political prisoner claimed he was tortured

by Marta Cooper | 18 Aug 11

Vladimir Yaromenok (Владимир Еременок, Уладзімер Яроменак), a Belarusian political prisoner released on 13 August following President Alexander...

Kazakhstan: Imprisoned journalist’s parole request rejected

by Marta Cooper | 18 Aug 11

Imprisoned journalist Ramazan Esergepov’s request for release on parole was rejected for the fourth time yesterday by an appeal commission in Taraz...