A Turkish man could face two years in prison for comments made about Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan on his Facebook page. A public prosecutor in...
Turkish man could face two-year prison sentence for Facebook comments
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Bahrain: Teacher re-arrested for speaking against human rights violations
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights reports that Jaleela Al Salman, vice president of the Bahrain Teachers Association was arrested on 18 October...
Peru: Drunken congressman attacks journalists
The security guards of a Peruvian congressman have been involved in attack on two journalists. Carlos Chávez Galdós and Leucario Madera Guardaluna,...
Russia: VOINA artist arrested, detained without charge
Members of the Russian artist group VOINA were arrested yesterday. Russian police, allegedly posing as German television journalists, arrested and...
UK: Twitter vows to protect users from government
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo has stressed the need to keep freedom of speech as a priority, even in times of civil unrest. Speaking at the Web 2.0...
Sudan: Parliament witnesses heated discussions over press censorship
A parliamentary seminar to discuss proposed changes to Sudan's press law was subject to a heated debate about pre-publication censorship on Monday....
Uganda: Opposition leader arrested during protest
The Ugandan opposition leader, Kizza Besigye, was arrested during a protest against surging consumer prices and wasteful government spending...
United Kingdom: Russian billionaire wins libel suit against Sunday Times
Yelena Baturina, one of Russia's wealthiest women, has won damages from The Sunday Times after the newspaper wrongly reported that she purchased a...
Yemen: Cameraman killed by security forces
A cameraman for Al-Yemen TV, Abd Al-Ghani Al-Bureihi, was killed when Yemeni security forces opened fire at a demonstration in Sanaa calling for the...
Tunisia: Crowds gather for anti-censorship march
Thousands of demonstrators took part in an anti-censorship march in the Tunisian capital on Sunday. As the debate between Islamic conservatives and...
Bulgaria: Journalist’s car bombed
The car of a popular Bulgarian journalist was blown up on Thursday, after a makeshift bomb was attached to the vehicle. Sasho Dikov, programme...
France: Court orders French “cop watching” site to be blocked
A court in France has ruled that internet service providers must block access to a "cop watching" web site. The website, Copwatch Nord Paris I-D-F,...
