Pro-reform demonstrators in the industrial town of Sohar have clashed with police, leading to the deaths of six protesters. The protesters,...
Oman: Six protesters killed in clashes with police
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Ghana: Journalist files police complaint over death threats
A Ghanaian journalist has filed a complaint with police against Kennedy Agyapong, an opposition MP, for threatening to kill him. The MP's threat...
Zimbabwe: 46 arrested for watching videos of Egyptian and Tunisian demonstrations
Police in Harare this week arrested 46 activists and trade union members who were watching videos of demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia. They have...
Uganda: Journalist attacked while covering elections
A journalist was attacked by a mob while covering the recent elections in Mbale district, south-eastern Uganda. Gerald Mutembu, who works for Wavah...
Serbia: TV station receives threats for reporting on corruption
"Death notice" posters against the editor-in-chief of independent TV station, B92, and the producers of one of its programmes have been put up all...
Iraq: Media watchdog offices raided
The offices of Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), an Iraqi media watchdog, were raided by around 30 armed men on Wednesday. The men took away...
Iraq: TV station burned down by attackers
The first independent TV station in Northern Iraq, Naliya Radio and Television (NRT), was forced off air after up to 50 masked gunmen stormed its...
Kyiv Post triumphs in controversial libel tourism case
A judge ruled today that the High Court in London is not the best place to hear a libel dispute between billionaire Ukrainian businessman Dimitry...
Yemen: Two demonstrators killed in clashes
Two protesters were killed on Tuesday in a clash between pro-government demonstrators and anti-government demonstrators in the capital San'a. The...
Togolese journalists protest against radio station closures
Togolese journalists are preparing to campaign against the closure of three radio stations, Providence, Métropolys and X-Solaire. Sit-ins outside...
Syrian blogger arrested
Blogger Ahmad Abu Khair was arrested on Sunday morning while driving from Banias to Damascus, it has been reported. Charges are unknown. The arrest...
German journalists released in Iran
Marcus Hellwig and Jens Koch, the German journalists imprisoned in Tabriz have been released, after the government reduced their 20 month sentences...
