Lebanese musician Zeid Hamdan was briefly held at the prison of the Palace of Justice in Beirut on Wednesday for defaming President Michel Suleiman,...
Lebanon: singer detained for defamation
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Brazil: controversial Serbian film banned from RioFan festival
The controversial 'A Serbian Film' has been banned from being screened at the RioFan film festival by the event's main sponsor, Brazilian national...
Mexico: missing crime reporter found dead
The decapitated body of Yolanda Ordaz, a reporter for regional paper Notiver, has been found in the Mexican city of Veracruz two days after she went...
Malawi: journalists beaten and detained to prevent them covering protests
Reporters Without Borders has revealed several journalists covering Malawi's recent protests have been beaten and detained, while the government has...
Montenegro: Newspaper’s cars torched
Two cars belonging to Vijesti, one of Montenegro's most popular independent daily newspapers, were torched last Thursday. The cars were parked...
China: Three Tibetan nuns jailed
Three nuns have each been jailed for three year after they staged a peaceful street protest, chanting “Free Tibet” and “long live His Holiness the...
Pakistan: Two journalists “tortured and harassed”
Rana Yaseen and Ch Khalid Sardar claim they were "tortured and harassed" on the night of 16 July in the Bahalwapur region of Pakistan. Local...
Honduras: Radio station director killed
A 26-year-old radio station director was killed yesterday in Honduras. Nery Jeremias Orellana was stopped and shot in the head by masked gunmen as...
Uzbekistan: Journalist hospitalised, ends hunger strike
Saodat Omonova, one of two women journalists protesting media censorship in Uzbekistan, has ended her hunger strike after being hospitalised earlier...
Gaza: News agency HQ attacked
The office of Ma’an Network, a news agency based in Gaza City, was attacked by masked assailants. According to local reports, staff at the main...
Malayasia: 1600 arrested as campaign for electoral reform continues
Police in Malaysia made 1600 arrests at the weekend, as protesters ignored government warnings to cancel anti-government action. Leaders of the...
Journalist released, deported from Yemen
New Zealand journalist Glen Johnson has been released from custody in Yemen and was deported to Dubai earlier today, Index on Censorship has...
