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UK: Man sentenced to 100 hours of community service for shouting at Prime Minister

A man who shouted "no ifs, not buts, no public sector cuts" at Prime Minister David Cameron during a speech in Glasgow in July has been sentenced to...

Greece: Investigative journalist acquitted

by Marta Cooper | 01 Nov 12

Investigative journalist Kostas Vaxevanis, whose Hot Doc magazine published a leaked list (nicknamed the “Lagarde list") of over 2,000 names of...

Greece: Another journalist arrested as crackdown continues

by Marta Cooper | 31 Oct 12

Greek journalist Spiros Karatzaferis was arrested today (31 October) for after threatening to publish damaging allegations about the country's...

Polish rocker faces religious offence charge

by Padraig Reidy | 31 Oct 12

Polish heavy metal singer Adam Darski, AKA Nergal, could face two years in prison for tearing a bible on stage. Nergal, singer with Behemoth,...

Bahrain bans all protests

by Daisy Williams | 30 Oct 12

Bahrain has banned all demonstrations following clashes between police and anti-government protestors on Monday (29 October). Interior minister...

Azerbaijan: 100 protesters arrested during crackdown on rally

by Sara Yasin | 22 Oct 12

One hundred protesters were arrested today by security forces in Baku, Azerbaijan's capital. The organisers of the protest decided to make their way...

Top pianist tried in Turkey for “offensive” tweets

by Daisy Williams | 18 Oct 12

Fazil Say, a Turkish pianist and composer, was put on trial in Istanbul today (18 October) for insulting Islam in Twitter posts. The musician is...

Four arrested in Bahrain for “social media abuse”

by Daisy Williams | 17 Oct 12

The Bahrain Interior Ministry announced the arrest of four people for defaming public figures on social media today (17 October), with authorities...

Manchester man given eight months jail for cop-killer T-shirt

by Daisy Williams | 11 Oct 12

A man has been sentenced to a total of eight months in prison by a Manchester court for wearing a T-shirt daubed with offensive comments referring...

Azhar Ahmed given community order for offensive Facebook post

by Padraig Reidy | 09 Oct 12

Yorkshire man Azhar Ahmed has been given a community order after being found guilty of "sending a grossly offensive communication". Ahmed, 19, from...