Category: <span>Index Index</span>

Singapore: British author appeals jail term

by Intern | 11 Apr 11

The British author Alan Shadrake, 76, has launched an appeal today (11 April) against a six-week jail sentence he received for scandalising...

France: Internet companies go to court against new regulation

by Intern | 08 Apr 11

The French Association of Internet Community Services, a group of more than 20 internet companies including Facebook and eBay, have gone to court...

Libyan government deports 26 journalists

by Intern | 08 Apr 11

The Libyan government has decided to deport 26 foreign journalists from the country. The journalists, who had all been invited by the government,...

Vietnam: Brothers face jail for Falun Gong pirate radio

by Intern | 07 Apr 11

Two Vietnamese Falun Gong practitioners are to face trial for transmitting programmes about their spiritual beliefs into China. The case of 30-year...

Turkish court censors book before publication

by Laura MacPhee | 06 Apr 11

An Istanbul court has ordered the seizure of all of investigative journalist Ahmet Sik's work on his incomplete book The Army of the Imam. His...

Pakistan: Chief crime reporter murdered in Karachi

by Intern | 06 Apr 11

The chief crime reporter for the Urdu-language daily Extra New was gunned down in Karachi on 2 April. Zaman Ali was the 14th Pakistani journalist to...

OSCE report finds Turkey is holding 57 journalists in prison

by Laura MacPhee | 06 Apr 11

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe has published a report revealing that there are currently 57 journalists imprisoned in...

Vietnam: Lawyer jailed after calling for democratic reform

by Intern | 06 Apr 11

A lawyer has been sentenced to seven years in prison and a further three years’ house arrest. Cu Huy Ha Vu's trial lasted for one day, during it one...