The Syrian government has ordered text messages containing politically sensitive words to be blocked. Sources familiar with the country's filtering...
Syria: Protesters’ text messages blocked using Irish equipment
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Saudi Arabia: Hamza Kashgari “repents”, family member says
Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari has repented for his tweets deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammed, according to a family member. They said...
Iran: Jailed blogger’s wife and daughter reportedly kidnapped
Iranian blogger Mehdi Khazali's wife and daughter have allegedly been kidnapped by security forces and moved to an unknown location, it was...
Afghanistan: Cameraman attacked with acid in Kabul
Parviz Safi, a cameramen for state-owned English-language TV station Press TV, was attacked with acid by three unidentified men on 6 February in the...
Malaysia: Hamza Kashgari deported unlawfully, lawyers claim
Lawyers representing Saudi journalist Hamza Kashgari have said there are no immigration records of his deportation from Malaysia last Sunday,...
Brazil: Second journalist killed in under a week
Brazilian newspaper editor Paulo Roberto Cardoso Rodrigues was shot dead on Sunday night, making him the second Brazilian journalist killed in less...
Egypt: Australian journalist freed
An Australian journalist who was detained in Egypt on the first anniversary of the ousting of former president Hosni Mubarak has been freed....
Russia: French journalist expelled for interviewing opposition
Prominent French journalist and author Anne Nivat was expelled from Russia yesterday (13 February) for alleged violation of her visa status. Nivat...
Morocco: French magazine confiscated for publishing “Persepolis” images
The most recent issue of the French magazine "Le Nouvel Observateur" was confiscated by Moroccan authorities after it published an image from the...
China: Dissident Zhu Yufu jailed for seven years over poem
Veteran Chinese dissident Zhu Yufu has been sentenced to seven years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power" after he shared his poem...
Syria: Journalist killed in Homs
Syrian journalist Mazhar Tayyara was killed by government forces' fire in the city of Homs, a centre of the Syrian resistance against President...
Yemen: Newspaper under siege
The offices of a Yemeni newspaper have been surrounded by armed men for over a week. On February 2, state-run daily Al-Thawra was surrounded by...
