Adão Tiago, an Angolan radio journalist for Radio Ecclesia, has been arrested for reporting on an outbreak of mass fainting. The faintings,...
Angola: Writer arrested for reporting mass fainting outbreak
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Thailand: Blogger detained on lese majeste charge
Norawase Yospiyasathien, a university graduate and blogger, was detained on Friday while police investigate allegations of lese majeste ---...
Belarus: Viasna leader arrested
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Ivory Coast: Newspaper suspended for column on Obama meeting
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Vietnam: Catholic blogger Paulus Le Son arrested
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Sri Lanka: President threatens newspaper chairman by phone
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Russia: Newspaper issues seized by regional governors
40,000 copies of Izvestia Kaliningrada, a weekly published in Kaliningrad, Russia, were seized by regional governors on 29 July. Its editor was also...
DRC: Radio host suspended by provincial minister
The provincial minister responsible for information and media in Nord-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, has suspended a Mishapi Voice TV radio...
China: Internet surveillance boosted
New regulations have been enforced in an area of central Beijing requiring bars, restaurants, hotels and bookstores to install web monitoring...
Dominican Republic: TV reporter kidnapped, murdered
TV reporter José Agustín Silvestre was kidnapped, shot and killed on 2nd August in La Romana, Dominican Republic. Local papers have claimed his...
Argentina: Journalist beaten and shot
Carlos Walker, news editor for the site 0223.com.ar, was beaten and shot in the leg on 29th July in Mar del Plata, eastern Argentina, while...
Egypt: BBC journalist released
BBC journalist Shaimaa Khalil has been released after her arrest yesterday in Egypt. The BBC has said it is not yet clear whether she faces further...
