The apartment of Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Matsuka, who is editor-in-chief of the News of Donbass website and the head of a regional public...
Ukraine: Journalist’s apartment set on fire
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Brazil: Magazine reporter assaulted by interviewee
Rodrigo Rangel, a journalist with Brazilian magazine Veja, was assaulted by his interviewee on the afternoon of 4 August at a restaurant in...
Peru: TV news director jailed after denouncing corruption
Peruvian journalist César Gonzáles has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay damages for the crime of "general misrepresentation...
Spain: Journalist among those arrested in anti-austerity protests
Journalist Gorka Ramos was among the four demonstrators arrested for public disorder last Friday when armed riot police clashed with anti-austerity...
Angola: Writer arrested for reporting mass fainting outbreak
Adão Tiago, an Angolan radio journalist for Radio Ecclesia, has been arrested for reporting on an outbreak of mass fainting. The faintings,...
Thailand: Blogger detained on lese majeste charge
Norawase Yospiyasathien, a university graduate and blogger, was detained on Friday while police investigate allegations of lese majeste ---...
Belarus: Viasna leader arrested
Ales Bialiatski, head of Viasna, Belarus's leading human rights group, has been arrested on suspicion of "concealment of income" and tax...
Ivory Coast: Newspaper suspended for column on Obama meeting
The Ivorian government has suspended a newspaper for twelve days over an opinion piece that criticised a recent White House meeting with African...
Vietnam: Catholic blogger Paulus Le Son arrested
Catholic blogger Paulus Le Son was arrested in Hanoi yesterday during a major police operation targeting around 10 Catholics. Reports suggest Son's...
Barefoot into Cyberspace
An extract from Becky Hogge‘s new book, asking if the web can really set us free
Sri Lanka: President threatens newspaper chairman by phone
On Tuesday it was reported that Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa threatened the chairman of The Sunday Leader, Lal Wickrematunge, by phone on...
Russia: Newspaper issues seized by regional governors
40,000 copies of Izvestia Kaliningrada, a weekly published in Kaliningrad, Russia, were seized by regional governors on 29 July. Its editor was also...
