Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has today pardoned 11 more political prisonerssentenced for taking part in anti-government protests on 19...
Belarus: 11 more political prisoners pardoned
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Sudan: More newspapers confiscated
According to a source on the ground in Sudan, National Scurity forces prevented the distribution of Al-Maydan, the newspaper belonging to the...
Algeria: Media law reforms
Algeria has announced plans for reforming stringent media laws in order to allow for private radio and television stations to operate for the first...
Egypt: New media restrictions announced
Egypt's SCAF announced on Saturday it will enforce the Emergency Law, which allows civilians, including journalists, to be tried in state security...
Indonesia: Radio station forcibly closed
Radio Era Baru was on Tuesday forcibly closed by police and frequency monitoring officials. The move comes in spite of the fact that last week’s...
Uzbekistan: Charges dropped against freelance journalist
All charges against freelance journalist Elena Bondar in Uzbekistan have been dropped. Bondar was detained at Tashkent airport on 22 August...
Brazil: Radio journalist shot dead
Valderlei Canuto Leandro, host of the show Sinal Verde on Radio Frontera, was murdered by unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle in Tabatinga, located...
USA: Stalker’s free speech defence rejected
Oregon's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal made by a convicted stalker. John Norman Ryan began stalking a woman in 2005, eventually she took out...
Egypt: Lebanese blogger denied entry to Egypt
Lebanese blogger Imad Bazzi was denied entry to Egypt on 5 September, 2011, and sent back to Lebanon. Bazzi, who is also director of CyberACT --- an...
UK: Metropolitan police request riot footage
The Metropolitan Police have served a notice of application for a production order on the Guardian seeking "all published and unpublished footage...
South Africa: Malema found guilty of hate speech
A South African court has today found Julius Malema, leader of the youth brigade of the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC), guilty of...
UK: FA introduces “censorship code”
The FA has brought in a code of conduct to prevent staff, board and council members talking freely to the press. The new "censorship code" insists...
