The provincial minister responsible for information and media in Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, has suspended a Mishapi Voice TV radio...
DRC: Radio host suspended by provincial minister
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China: Internet surveillance boosted
New regulations have been enforced in an area of central Beijing requiring bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install web monitoring...
Dominican Republic: TV reporter kidnapped, murdered
TV reporter José Agustín Silvestre was kidnapped, shot and killed on 2nd August in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Local papers have claimed his...
Argentina: Journalist beaten and shot
Carlos Walker, news editor for the site 0223.com.ar, was beaten and shot in the leg on 29th July in Mar del Plata, eastern Argentina, while...
Egypt: BBC journalist released
BBC journalist Shaimaa Khalil has been released after her arrest yesterday in Egypt. The BBC has said it is not yet clear whether she faces further...
Egypt: BBC journalist detained
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil has been arrested in Egypt while reporting from Cairo. In her most recent tweet, Khalil said she and those with her were...
Thailand: Editor faces anti-royal charges
Somyot Prueksakasemsuk, a Thai political activist and former editor-in-chief of the Voice of Taksin and Red Power partisan news magazines, was last...
John Moores University withdraws Robert Halfon libel case
Liverpool John Moores university has dropped its libel case against Conservative MP Robert Halfon, who had criticised the university’s alleged commercial links with the regime of Colonel Gadaffi.
Belarus: Draft law prevents citizens gathering in public
A draft law published in Belarus on Friday prohibits the “joint mass presence of citizens in a public place that has been chosen beforehand,...
Sri Lanka: opposition newspaper editor badly beaten
Gnanasundaram Kuhanathan, editor of the Tamil-language daily Uthayan, was on Friday evening beaten by unidentified men with iron bars in the...
Somalia: Puntland authorities free jailed reporter
Authorities in Puntland, Somalia's northeastern semi-autonomous region, released reporter Faysal Mohamed Hassan on Sunday. Mohamed, who wrote for...
Syria: forces storm Hama ahead of Ramadan
Syrian forces stormed the opposition stronghold of Hama on Sunday, in a bid to crush demonstrations before the start of the Muslim holy month of...
