On August 8, issues of Al-Ahdath, a Sudanese daily newspaper, were confiscated by security forces. Officials have yet to provide an explanation for...
Sudan: Newspapers confiscated by security forces
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India: Government wants to monitor social networking websites
India's Department of Telecommunications has been asked to monitor Twitter and Facebook, because of fears that the sites are being used to plan...
United Kingdom: Journalists attacked during London riots
As chaotic rioting and looting spreads across London and other British cities, journalists have been among those assaulted by troublemakers in the...
Vietnam: Dissident jailed for three years for subversion
A Vietnamese court today sentenced French-Vietnamese activist Pham Minh Hoang to three years in prison on subversion charges for “carrying out...
China: Outspoken blogger released after six months in detention
Ran Yunfei, a Chinese blogger and writer detained by police and charged with inciting subversion earlier this year has been released after nearly...
Somalia: Radio presenter shot by soldier
On August 4, Somali journalist Farah Hassan Sahal died after being shot by a soldier in Mogadishu. The Radio Simba presenter was caught in clashes...
Bangladesh: Editor arrested for extortion
Muhammad Ekramul Haque, editor and owner of Sheershanews.com and Sheersha Kagoj, was arrested on 31 July by Bangladeshi authorities on a charge of...
China: Ai Weiwei slams treatment of detained activists
In his most outspoken tweets since his release, and despite bail conditions placing him under tight restrictions for at least a year, Ai Weiwei...
Ukraine: Journalist’s apartment set on fire
The apartment of Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Matsuka, who is editor-in-chief of the News of Donbass website and the head of a regional public...
Brazil: Magazine reporter assaulted by interviewee
Rodrigo Rangel, a journalist with Brazilian magazine Veja, was assaulted by his interviewee on the afternoon of 4 August at a restaurant in...
Peru: TV news director jailed after denouncing corruption
Peruvian journalist César Gonzáles has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay damages for the crime of "general misrepresentation...
Spain: Journalist among those arrested in anti-austerity protests
Journalist Gorka Ramos was among the four demonstrators arrested for public disorder last Friday when armed riot police clashed with anti-austerity...
