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United States: School county bans ‘anti-Mormon’ Sherlock Holmes book

Local papers in Albemarle County, Virginia, have reported that Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, has been...

Tajikistan: BBC journalist appears in court

by Marta Cooper | 17 Aug 11

A BBC World Service journalist who was arrested in Tajikistan a month ago appeared in court yesterday. Although the specific charges against...

Israel: Al Jazeera journalist detained in prison

by Marta Cooper | 17 Aug 11

Al Jazeera's Kabul bureau chief has been brought before an Israeli military court a week after he was arrested and detained by Israeli officials....

Egypt: Judge bans cameras for remainder of Mubarak’s trial

by Sara Yasin | 16 Aug 11

An Egyptian judge has banned state-owned TV cameras from filming the rest of Hosni Mubarak's trial. Even though state TV cameras were allowed in the...

Ghana: Journalists assaulted by angered pastors

by Sara Yasin | 16 Aug 11

Three pastors allegedly assaulted three journalists and a panellist in Accra, Ghana on 8 August. The three pastors were angered by comments made...

United States: Cisco sued by Chinese political prisoners over web monitoring

by Marta Cooper | 16 Aug 11

Technology giant Cisco is being sued by Chinese political prisoners for allegedly providing the technology and expertise used by the Chinese...

Dominican Republic: Police identify journalist’s alleged killers

by Marta Cooper | 16 Aug 11

Dominican police have identified the individuals they believe plotted and carried out the 2 August 2011 abduction and murder of journalist José...

Uzbekistan: Activist detained over article critical of bank cards system

by Marta Cooper | 16 Aug 11

A rights activist in central Uzbekistan says she was detained on 15 August for an article in which she criticised the government requirement that...

Brazil: Journalist detained while covering police killing

by Marta Cooper | 16 Aug 11

Marina Silva, a photojournalist for Brazilian newspaper Correio, was arrested on 11 August while covering the killing of a military police sergeant...

Venezuela: Reporter threatened, radio presenter’s programme censored

by Marta Cooper | 16 Aug 11

Venezuelan reporter Carlos Sánchez was threatened with a pistol when he left the offices of Radio Fe y Alegría in the city of Maracaibo on 1 August....