Military rulers in Egypt have frozen licenses for new private satellite TV stations, claiming they are inciting violence in an “increasingly chaotic...
Egypt: Authorities freeze new satellite TV station licenses
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Indonesia: Radio station manager jailed
A sentence of six months and a suspended sentence of another year in prison were handed down on Tuesday to Gatot Machali, manager of Batam-based...
Twitter joke trial appeal set for 10 November
The appeal of Paul Chambers in the "twitter joke trial" is to take place on 10 November. The trainee accountant from Doncaster who was convicted for...
France: John Galliano found guilty of racist and anti-Semitic abuse
British designer John Galliano has been given a suspended fine for two racist and anti-Semitic abuse rants in a Parisian bar. The former Dior...
DR Congo: TV station set ablaze
Studios of a private television station in Congo were set alight yesterday. Radio Lisanga Télévision studios in Kinshasa were allegedly set on fire...
Ethiopia: Terrorism charges against five journalists
Terrorism charges have been filed against five journalists in Ethiopia. Four independent journalists and the editor of a US based news forum have...
Yemen: Journalists in further attacks
Two Yemeni journalists were attacked by armed men on Monday. Abdul al-Hafeez al-Hatami from news website Al-Sahwa Net and Raafat al-Amiri,...
Turkey: Investigative journalists complete six months in detention before trial
Two Turkish investigative journalists have spent six months in prison before they go to trial. Ahmet Sik and Nedim Sener were arrested on 3 March...
Angola: Journalists attacked while covering protest
Security forces in Angola attacked journalists at an anti-government protest on Saturday. Voice of America's Alexandre Neto claimed that he was...
Iran: Magazine closed down amid row over satirical image
Iranian magazine Shahrvand-e-Emrooz was closed this week for after publishing a satirical front-page image depicting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Syria: Journalist arrested, held without charge
A Syrian journalist has been arrested by security forces in Damascus. Amer Matar, from pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat was arrested on Saturday, though...
Brazil: Court forbids media group from identifying councilman in public funds scandal
A court in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has prohibited media outlets operated by Grupo RBS from publishing the name or image of...
