Hamas's interior ministry has adopted new rules restricting the reporting of foreign journalistse. According to the new rules, foreign journalists...
Gaza: New restrictions on foreign journalists
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Egypt: Columnists protest censorship
Three columnists for the Egyptian independent daily Al-Tahrir will not be publishing their regular columns in protest at what they view as...
Ecuador: President Correa goes after El Universo again
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa has threatened to bring charges against the newspaper El Universo after publishing a letter critical of the...
El Salvador: President supports bill decriminalising libel
Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes has shown his support for a reform bill to decriminalise defamation, but only if certain changes are...
Bahrain: Protesters sentenced to 15 years in prison
Bahrain's National Safety Court has handed 15 year sentences to protesters in two different cases involving University of Bahrain. In one case, the...
Russia: Dozens detained at Moscow gay rally
Forty people have been arrested in Moscow during a gay pride rally. The rally, which took place on 1 October was one of the few gay rights events...
Tajikistan: Tajik journalist faces 16 years in jail
A Tajik journalist is facing 16 years in prison, following charges of defamation. Makhmadyusuf Ismoilov, a reporter for the independent weekly...
Egypt: Police raid Al Jazeera offices
Egyptian police raided the offices of Al Jazeera yesterday, for the second time in a month. Around 25 plain clothed police officers stormed the...
UK: Rio Ferdinand loses privacy case over Sunday Mirror kiss and tell
Footballer Rio Ferdinand has lost his privacy case over a "kiss and tell" story. Ferdinand was taking action for "misuse of private information"...
Turkey – Cartoonist to be put on trial for renouncing God
A cartoonist is facing trial for a caricature in which he renounces God. Turkish cartoonist Bahadır Baruter created an image showing an imam and...
Bahrain: Court upholds lengthy prison sentences for journalists
The lengthy prison sentences of two journalists have been upheld in Bahrain. Journalistic bloggers Abduljalil Alsingace and Ali Abdel Imam were...
Eritrea: Journalist publicly threatened for coverage of Dawit Isaak
A Swedish-based journalist has been threatened by the brother of Dawit Isaak. Following a public forum in Eritrea on the case of Dawit Isaak, a...
