Bangladesh's government has passed a new broadcast law which will censor TV programmes and movies. The law, which will go into effect in three...
Bangladesh: New broadcast law enforcing censorship
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Germany: Facebook agrees to work with government on privacy code
Facebook has agreed to work with the German government on a code of conduct aimed at privacy protection. The code, agreed at a meeting on Wednesday...
Cameroon: Editor pressured to reveal sources
The editor of the Cameroon-based Génération Libre, François Fogno Fotso, has been detained since 5 September, and is being pressed to reveal sources...
Honduras: Radio journalist murdered
Medardo Flores, a Honduran radio journalist who supported former President Manuel Zelaya, was gunned down on the night of 8 September, joining the...
Iraq: Well-known journalist shot dead at his home
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Sudan: Copies of newspaper confiscated
Al-Sahafa, a Sudanese independent newspaper, was confiscated by security forces on Wednesday, and the Thursday edition was also held from...
Afghanistan: BBC stringer killed by US soldier, NATO reveals
A BBC stringer who was killed in Afghanistan in July was shot by a US soldier who mistook him for a suicide bomber during a battle against...
Peru: TV journalist dies after attack by gunman
Television journalist Pedro Alfonso Flores Silva died in hospital yesterday from gunshot wounds sustained in an attack on Tuesday. While riding home...
China: Rights activist jailed
Chinese rights activist Wang Lihong has been sentenced to nine months in prison for "stirring up trouble". Wang was charged after attending a...
Iran: Filmmaker stopped from boarding flight to film festival
On Monday, Iran prevented filmmaker Mojtaba Mirtahmasb from boarding a flight to Paris in order to attend the Toronto film festival, where his...
USA: Donald Trump loses libel lawsuit
A libel lawsuit filed by Donald Trump has been brushed aside by a New Jersey appeals court yesterday. The lawsuit was filed against author Timothy L...
USA: LA Councillor motions for ID requests to buy spray paint
Stores may be required to request ID for those buying spray paint under new motions. LA Councilman Dennis Zine has made calls for a motion which...
