Three pastors allegedly assaulted three journalists and a panellist in Accra, Ghana on 8 August. The three pastors were angered by comments made...
Ghana: Journalists assaulted by angered pastors
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United States: Cisco sued by Chinese political prisoners over web monitoring
Technology giant Cisco is being sued by Chinese political prisoners for allegedly providing the technology and expertise used by the Chinese...
Dominican Republic: Police identify journalist’s alleged killers
Dominican police have identified the individuals they believe plotted and carried out the 2 August 2011 abduction and murder of journalist José...
Uzbekistan: Activist detained over article critical of bank cards system
A rights activist in central Uzbekistan says she was detained on 15 August for an article in which she criticised the government requirement that...
Brazil: Journalist detained while covering police killing
Marina Silva, Â a photojournalist for Brazilian newspaper Correio, was arrested on 11 August while covering the killing of a military police sergeant...
Venezuela: Reporter threatened, radio presenter’s programme censored
Venezuelan reporter Carlos Sánchez was threatened with a pistol when he left the offices of Radio Fe y AlegrĂa in the city of Maracaibo on 1 August....
Nepal: Journalist brutally attacked
Nepali journalist Kishor Budhathoki was brutally assaulted in eastern Nepal on 11 August. According to Republica, Budhathoki was attacked for a...
Pakistan: Journalist killed in Balochistan
Muneer Shakir, who worked for Online News Network and a Balochi television station called Sabzbaat, was killed on 14 August in Pakistan's...
Oman: Officials threaten to shut down newspaper
 Omani officials are threatening to shut down Al-Zaman, an independent newspaper, after it published allegations of corruption in the Ministry of...
Bolivia: Controversial telecommunications law comes into effect
Bolivian president Evo Morales has announced a new Telecommunications, Information Technology and Communication Law that establishes new rules for...
India: Controversial film censored in three states
The release of Amitabh Bachchan’s controversial new film, Aarakshan, which focuses on students benefiting from India’s quota system for Dalits...
Ecuador: President criticises press, papers call for free expression
Several major Ecuadorian newspapers ran the same cover on 10th August, titled “For Freedom of Expression”, in protest against President Rafael...
