A Polish judge has found a death metal singer not guilty of offending religious feeling, ruling that his act of ripping up a Bible during a show was...
Poland: Metal singer cleared over Bible-ripping performance
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India: Right to information activist murdered
Shehla Masood, a freedom of information activist and blogger, was murdered yesterday in the city of Bhopal. The 39-year-old was shot in the neck as...
Syria: Attacks on journalists continue
Members of security forces attacked the Damascus home of the family of Moussa Al-Omar, a journalist based in London on 11 August. A host for...
Belarus: Released political prisoner claimed he was tortured
Vladimir Yaromenok (Владимир Еременок, Уладзімер Яроменак), a Belarusian political prisoner released on 13 August following President Alexander...
Kazakhstan: Imprisoned journalist’s parole request rejected
Imprisoned journalist Ramazan Esergepov’s request for release on parole was rejected for the fourth time yesterday by an appeal commission in Taraz...
China: Magazine editor suspended
Zhao Lingmin, one of the top editors at Window on the South, a Guangzhou-based news and current affairs magazine, has been suspended from her...
Ecuador: Journalist accused of libel faces 10 million USD fine
Ecuadorian journalist Peter Tavra Franco, who was sentenced to six months in prison for libel on 19 July, now faces a 10 million USD fine. The...
Vanuatu: Minister increasing pressure on broadcaster
Vanuatu's Minister of Ni-Vanuatu business, Pastor Don Ken, reportedly visited the newsroom of the state-owned Vanuatu Broadcasting and Television...
United States: School county bans ‘anti-Mormon’ Sherlock Holmes book
Local papers in Albemarle County, Virginia, have reported that Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, has been...
Tajikistan: BBC journalist appears in court
A BBC World Service journalist who was arrested in Tajikistan a month ago appeared in court yesterday. Although the specific charges against...
Israel: Al Jazeera journalist detained in prison
Al Jazeera's Kabul bureau chief has been brought before an Israeli military court a week after he was arrested and detained by Israeli officials....
Egypt: Judge bans cameras for remainder of Mubarak’s trial
An Egyptian judge has banned state-owned TV cameras from filming the rest of Hosni Mubarak's trial. Even though state TV cameras were allowed in the...
