A Saudi Arabian writer and teacher has become the most prominent figure to be arrested in the country since protests started in February. Nadhir...
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Iranian journalist given six-year jail term
Iranian journalist Nazanin Khosravani was sentenced to six years in jail on 19 April after being convicted of impinging on national security and...
Belarus: Journalist warned over article
A journalist received a written warning over an article in which he questioned the Belarussian authorities’ claims to have arrested those...
Swiss television crew detained in Qatar
ASwiss television channel claimed on 18 April that two of its reporters were detained without charge in Qatar for 13 days. The RTS network alleges...
Jordan: News office raided
Six men raided the office of a news website, Al-Muharrir, in Amman on 19 April. Unidentified men broke into the personal office of editor-in-chief...
Ukraine: Editor reinstated after protests by journalists
The editor of the Kyiv Post, Brian Bonner, was reinstated to his post on 19 April after journalists for Ukraine’s leading English newspaper went on...
Vietnam: Authorities drop charges against blogger
Vietnamese authorities have dropped charges against a female blogger who was detained for :infringing on the interests of the state". She was...
Human rights lawyer freed in China
A leading human rights lawyer who has been critical of the Chinese government returned home yesterday (19 April). Jiang Tianyong, disappeared on 19...
Philippines: Radio journalist face criminal defamation charges
A local city councillor in the Philippines has brought two criminal defamation charges against a radio journalist. Alberto Loyola, who works for...
US company suing cardiologist for libel goes out of business
NMT Medical, the US company which pursued cardiologist Peter Wilmshurst in the London libel courts for almost four years, has announced that it is...
Azerbaijan: Swedish TV crew arrested then deported
Azerbaijani officials detained three Swedish TV journalists while they were preparing to cover an opposition demonstration in Baku on 17 April. The...
Angolan journalist released on bail
A freelance journalist in Angola has been released on bail. Armando José Chicoca was sentenced to one year in prison on March 3 for reporting on...
