Columnist Emilio Palacio, who was last month sentenced to three years in prison and fined 40 million USD for calling Ecuadorian President Rafael...
Ecuador: Journalist facing jail presents video evidence against president
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Vietnam: Eight protesters still held after anti-China rally
Eight anti-China demonstrators in Hanoi who ignored government orders to end a series of protests remain in custody for investigation into causing...
Uzbekistan: Journalist detained at airport
Uzbek journalist Elena Bondar was detained at the arrivals area of Tashkent airport after attending a course on modern journalism tools organised by...
China: Online commerce site bans sale of web filtering software
A major Chinese online commerce site, Taobao.com, has banned sales of software used to bypass internet censorship. The site said it took the action...
Yemen: Attacks on journalists continue
Suhail TV cameraman Ahmad Firas was arrested by soldiers from Daylami airbase in Yemen on the afternoon of 12 August as he was driving towards Sanaa...
Vietnam: Pro-democracy website hacked
Hackers launched a sustained attack against pro-democracy website Viet Tan on 13 August in a denial-of-service (DDoS) operation. Of the 77,000 IP...
Venezuela: Newspaper reporter beaten by police
A journalist with newspaper El Mío, was beaten and then detained as he left the newspapers premises in Anzoátegui, northeastern Venezuela. Óscar...
China: Magazine president removed from post
In addition to last week’s suspension of Zhao Lingmin, editor of Guangzhou-based news and current affairs magazine Window on the South, the...
Bahrain: Human rights website blocked
Bahraini authorities have blocked access to the website of the Bahrain Justice and Development Movement, a London-based group consisting mainly of...
Tunisia: Radio station attacked
Radio Gafsa, a radio station located in the southern Tunisian city of Gafsa, was attacked by a group of 20 men on 2 August. They reportedly...
Palestine: Satirical TV show censored
The Palestinian attorney general has ordered a nightly satirical television show to be axed, following complaints from public servants and officials...
Burma: State newspapers drop slogans attacking BBC, VOA
In what has been seen to signal a further softening of the military government's stance, three Burmese state newspapers on Wednesday dropped...
